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Kōchiyama Sōshun (1936 film)

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Director
  
Sadao Yamanaka

Music director
  
Goro Nishi

Country
  
Japan

7.2/10
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Genre
  
Drama

Duration
  

Language
  
Japanese

Kochiyama Soshun (1936 film) movie poster
Release date
  
30 April 1936 (1936-04-30) (Japan)

Writer
  
Mokuami Kawatake (Kabuki drama), Shintaro Mimura, Sadao Yamanaka

Cast
  
Chôjûrô Kawarasaki
(Kochiyama Soshun),
Kan\'emon Nakamura
(Kaneko Ichinojo),
Shizue Yamagishi
(Oshizu),
Setsuko Hara
(Onami)

Screenplay
  
Sadao Yamanaka, Shintaro Mimura

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Kōchiyama Sōshun (河内山宗俊), sometimes known as Priest of Darkness, is a 1936 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Sadao Yamanaka. It is an entry in the jidaigeki film genre. It is one of three surviving films by Sadao Yamanaka.

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Cast

  • Chojuro Kawarasaki as Kōchiyama Sōshun
  • Kanemon Nakamura as Kaneko
  • Shizue Yamagishi as Oshizu
  • Setsuko Hara as Onami
  • Daisuke Kato as Kenta (billed as Enji Ichikawa)

    • Production

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    The original idea for Kōchiyama Sōshun came from a Kabuki play by Kawatake Mokuami, known as Kochiyama to naozamurai. In the play, the two title characters are petty criminals from the Ueno district of Edo. Yamanaka changed some of the characters from the play to be more good-natured, in keeping with his film aesthetic. He also modernized the Kabuki play by casting actors from the Zenshin-za Group, which aimed to bring modern acting techniques to traditional Kabuki plays.

    References

    Kōchiyama Sōshun (1936 film) Wikipedia
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