The Model of New Women

A feature-length work based on Kan Kikuchi’s newspaper novel, adapted for the screen by Kōgo Noda. With performances by stars such as Shizue Ryūda, Kinuyo Tanaka, and Yukiko Tsukuba, alongside handsome leading men like Shin’ichirō Komura, Hikaru Yamauchi, and Ichirō Yūki, the film outshone its contemporaries. The collaboration between director Heinosuke Gosho and cinematographer Mitsuo Miura, recently returned from America, gave rise to a work of first-class quality in the Japanese film world, distinguished by its brilliance and delicacy.

Shizue Tatsuta

Atsushi Watanabe

Shin'ichirô Komura

Sozo Okada

Yukiko Tsukuba

Kinuyo Tanaka

Hideo Fujino

Ichiro Yuki

• Heinosuke GoshoDirector
• Kōgo NodaScreenplay
• Mitsuo MiuraDirector of Photography

Release date

June 14, 1929

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese