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The Day Before 1939 Directed by Ryō Hagiwara その前夜

A forceful indictment of the devastating effects of war and nationalistic fanaticism on the average man, who, in the face of the absurdity of violence, is reduced to apathy or victimhood.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gneres Drama , History
Production Company Toho Eiga Co., Ltd.
Release Date 20 October 1939
87 mins
Cast
Chōjūrō Kawarasaki
Chōjūrō Kawarasaki Sentaro Takikawa
Kan'emon Nakamura
Kan'emon Nakamura Hikotaro
Isuzu Yamada
Isuzu Yamada Osaki
Sachiko Chiba
Sachiko Chiba Yoshie Todo
Hideko Takamine
Hideko Takamine Otsu
Tamae Kiyokawa
Tamae Kiyokawa Omasa
Sukezō Sukedakaya
Sukezō Sukedakaya Hikobei
Tsuruzo Nakamura
Tsuruzo Nakamura Tokubei
Kosaburō Tachibana
Kosaburō Tachibana Toma Yasuda
Sensho Ichikawa
Sensho Ichikawa Kyohei Matsunaga
Yoshizaburo Arashi
Yoshizaburo Arashi Kiemon Yanagiya
Toshio Arashi
Toshio Arashi
Minoru Bando
Minoru Bando Toshimaro Yoshida
Chōemon Bandō
Chōemon Bandō Teizo Miyabe
Ebizaburo Ichikawa
Ebizaburo Ichikawa
Enji Ichikawa
Enji Ichikawa Shobei Mogi
Iwagoro Ichikawa
Iwagoro Ichikawa
Kikunosuke Ichikawa
Kikunosuke Ichikawa
Crew
Director
Ryō Hagiwara
Ryō Hagiwara
Writers
Kinpachi Kajiwara
Kinpachi Kajiwara
Seikan Doi
Seikan Doi
Shigeji Fujii
Shigeji Fujii
Ryō Hagiwara
Ryō Hagiwara
Hiroshi Inagaki
Hiroshi Inagaki
Shintarō Mimura
Shintarō Mimura
Eisuke Takizawa
Eisuke Takizawa
Fuji Yahiro
Fuji Yahiro
Producer
Masanobu Takeyama
Masanobu Takeyama
Cinematography
Kikuzō Kawasaki
Kikuzō Kawasaki
Composer
Tadashi Ota
Tadashi Ota
Editor
Toshio Goto
Toshio Goto
Story
Sadao Yamanaka
Sadao Yamanaka
Art Direction
Yasuhide Kato
Yasuhide Kato