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The Morning Sun Shines

Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi·1929·25m

The Morning Sun Shines is a fiction-documentary film by Kenji Mizoguchi and Seiichi Ina. The film is a combination of a drama about a reporter, and documentary footage about newspaper production. Only 25 minutes of footage has survived.

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The Morning Sun Shines

The Morning Sun Shines (1929)

Kenji Mizoguchi

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25m
Cross-source blend ~58/100

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Countries

Japan

Ratings

TMDB users

5.8/10

11 votes

Rating consensus

58/100 blend

Sources: TMDB

Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~58/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.

Cast

Takako Irie

girl in the elevator

Joji Oka

(as Susumu Minobe): Hiroo Karasaki, Head of Delegation

Kōju Murata

Kusaka

Eiji Nakano

Hayafusa

Ranko Sawa

Asako Akizuki

Heitaro Doi

Kōhei Akizuki

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Kenji Mizoguchi

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