is a 1921 Japanese
silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...
directed by
Minoru Murata
was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor who was one of the major directors of the silent era in Japan.
Career
Born in Tokyo, Murata started out as a shingeki actor on the stage. Murata's troupe appeared in the first " pure films ...
. Film critic
Mark Cousins wrote that it was "the first landmark film in Japanese history".
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Cinema of Japan
The has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world; as of 2021, it was the fourth largest by number of feature films produced. In 2011 Japan produced 411 feature films that e ...
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1921 films
Japanese silent films
Japanese black-and-white films
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