Chuji's Travel Diary: The Chuji Patrol Episode

Synopsis

The Japanese equivalent of penny dreadfuls glorifying Jesse James, A Diary of Chuji’s Travels gives a unique gloss to the tale of Chuji Kunisada, the legendary bakuto (or gambler, the precursors to modern-day yakuza). One of the two remaining segments of Ito’s original four-hour trilogy, it depicts Chuji’s attempt to save the geisha Oshina, a rebellion against the rigid social structure of Edo Japan. With socialist overtones, it’s a passionate artifact of early Japanese film.

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Key crew

• Daisuke ItōWriter
• Daisuke ItōDirector

Cast

• Denjirō ŌkōchiChuji Kunisada
• Hideo NakamuraCast
• Kichiji NakamuraCast
• Seinosuke SakamotoCast
• Motoharu IsokawaCast
• Ranko SawaCast
• Ko YamamuroCast
• Nobuko AkitsukiCast
• Kajō OnoeCast
• Koka NakamuraCast
• Hyakunosuke IchikawaCast
• Katsutaro AsamiCast

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