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Overview
Japanese adaptation of LES MISERABLES. The last film of director Itami took inspiration from Les Miserables. Transpiring during the Southwestern War of 1877 in Japan, which was the last civil war in the country, a criminal escapes prison only to be found by a monk. The criminal decides to turn a new leaf based on their conversation and goes on to become a town's mayor. He hears news of a mistaken arrest and identity. The revelation of truth is the start of a series of miseries.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 2, 1938
- Original language
- Japanese
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Toho Eiga
- Cast
- Ryo Sayama,Kō Mihashi,Sadao Maruyama,Masako Tsutsumi,Shin Date,Nijiko Kiyokawa,Osamu Takizawa,Eiji Nakamura,Keiichi Shimada,Keiji Sakakidaand 7 more
- Director
- Mansaku Itami
- Writer
- Mansaku Itami,Victor Hugo
- Producer
- Nobuyoshi Morita
- Cinematography
- Jun Yasumoto
- Music
- Nobuo Ito
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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