The Golden Demon

Overview

Tokyo, 1890. Through avarice, a series of misunderstandings, and failures of courage, the engagement of Kan-ichi (a student) and Miya (the daughter of Kan-ichi's debtor) is canceled to enable Miya to marry Tomiyama, a wealthy banker's son. In bitter despair, Kan-ichi breaks with his friends, drops his studies, and declares he has ceased to be human. He apprentices to a money-lender, and he's soon ruthless and wealthy. Several years later, Miya's in misery, her husband mistreats her. She goes to Kan-ichi to beg forgiveness; he pushes her away. He's now pursued by Akagashi, herself a cold-hearted loan shark. Can anything free Kan-ichi's hard heart from the golden demon

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 21, 1954

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Daiei Film

Cast

Eiji Funakoshi,Sachiko Meguro,Kazuko Fushimi,Mitsuko Mito,Kumeko Urabe,Kenji Sugawara,Teppei Endō,Jun Miyazaki,Yūzō Hayakawa,Kinzō Shinand 6 more

Director

Shima Kōji

Writer

Koyo Ozaki,Matsutarō Kawaguchi,Shima Kōji

Producer

Masaichi Nagata

Cinematography

Michio Takahashi

Music

Ichirō Saitō

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0045971