What Made Her Do It?

What Made Her Do It? 1930 Directed by Shigeyoshi Suzuki 何が彼女をそうさせたか

Sumiko's father sends her to live with her alcoholic uncle. He sells her to a circus, which is the start of a downward spiral in an unforgiving world.

Country Japan

Production Country Japan

Language Japanese

Spoken Language No Language

Gnere Drama

Production Company Teikoku Kinema Engei

Release Date 6 February 1930

85 mins

Cast

Keiko Takatsu Sumiko Nakamura

Tamako Nijô Hideko Akiyama / Prefectural assemblywoman

Chieko Sono Osada, wife of Yamada

Shizuko Ozaki Umeko Yazawa

Eiko Aida Okaku Shimamura

Rintarō Fujima Akimitsu Hasegawa

Itaru Hamada Tetsuzo Ogawa, circus manager

Yōyō Kojima Sahei Sakamoto

Takashi Asano Kanta Yamada / Sumiko's uncle

Saburô Oono Yamashita / Police Sergeant

Kangyô Nakamura Master of pawnshop

Hidekatsu Maki Hara

Ryuujin Unno Shintarô Ichikawa

Kôemon Kataoka Tamai / Old man

Crew

Director

Shigeyoshi Suzuki

Writer

Shigeyoshi Suzuki

Cinematography

Seiji Tsukakoshi

Original Writer

Seikichi Fujimori