The Water Magician

Overview

Taki no Shiraito is a very independent young woman with a famous water juggling act in a travelling carnival troupe. She falls in love with an orphaned carriage driver Kinya Murakoshi, and pledges to put him through law school in Tokyo. She always encloses money in her letters to him, until one hard winter there is no work to be found.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 1, 1933

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Irie Production,Shinko Uzumasa

Cast

Takako Irie,Etsuzô Oki,Joe Ohara,Kumeko Urabe,Suzuko Taki,Bontarō Miake,Hirotoshi Murata,Nobuo Kosaka,Kôji Ôizumi,Tokihiko Okadaand 1 more

Director

Kenji Mizoguchi

Writer

Shinji Masuda,Yasunaga Higashibōjō,Izumi Kyōka,Kennosuke Tateoka

Producer

Takako Irie,Yoshizo Mogi,Takejiro Tsunoda

Cinematography

Shigeru Miki

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0024641