Kōchiyama Sōshun (1936 film)
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Director Sadao Yamanaka Music director Goro Nishi Country Japan | 7.2/10 Genre Drama Duration Language Japanese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 Similar movies Daisuke Kato and Kanemon Nakamura appear in Kochiyama Soshun and Humanity and Paper Balloons |
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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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.
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