Film

The Daughter of the Samurai

1937 · 1h 54m · Drama · Romance

IMDb

6.1

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.

Setsuko Hara

Misuko Yamato

Ruth Eweler

Gerda Storm

Sessue Hayakawa

Iwao Yamato

Isamu Kosugi

Teruo Yamato

Haruyo Ichikawa

Hideko Kanda

Yuriko Hanabusa

Oiku, the Maid

Eiji Takagi

Kosaku Kanda

Kichiji Nakamura

Ikkan, the Priest

Max Hinder

German Teacher

Nisao Tokiwa

Teruo's Mother

Kanae Murata

Child

• Arnold FanckScreenplay · Editor · Director · Producer
• Mansaku ItamiDirector
• Nagamasa KawakitaProducer
• Yoshio OsawaProducer
• Isamu UedaDirector of Photography
• Walter RimlDirector of Photography
• Richard AngstDirector of Photography
• Alice LudwigEditor

Release date

February 4, 1937

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 54m

Genres

Drama, Romance