is a 1924 black and white Japanese silent film with

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accompaniment directed by Buntaro Futagawa. Often acclaimed as the predecessor to ''

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'', it tells the tale of a nihilistic

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,日本映画監督全集

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キネマ旬報 1976年 p.345 played by Tsumasaburo Bando whose mother is killed, whose sister is used and deceived and who loses the only love of his life.

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External links

''Gyakuryu'' on Internet Movie Database
1924 films Japanese silent films Japanese black-and-white films {{1920s-Japan-film-stub