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The Daughter of the Samurai (1937)

Teruo gets caught up in a conflict between tradition and modernism after returning to Japan from Germany after having spent a number of years there studying. Now, he is supposed to marry Mitsuko, the daughter of his adoptive father, to whom Teruo has long been promised. But Teruo, who has gotten to know the freedoms of the western world, would rather marry the woman he loves and behaves brusquely to Mitsuko.

Release: 1937-02-04
Runtime: 114 min
Rating: 5.3 / 10
Cast
Setsuko Hara
Setsuko Hara
Misuko Yamato
Ruth Eweler
Ruth Eweler
Gerda Storm
Sessue Hayakawa
Sessue Hayakawa
Iwao Yamato
Isamu Kosugi
Isamu Kosugi
Teruo Yamato
Haruyo Ichikawa
Haruyo Ichikawa
Hideko Kanda
Yuriko Hanabusa
Yuriko Hanabusa
Oiku, the Maid
Eiji Takagi
Eiji Takagi
Kosaku Kanda
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Kichiji Nakamura
Ikkan, the Priest
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Max Hinder
German Teacher
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Nisao Tokiwa
Teruo's Mother
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Kanae Murata
Child