The Daughter of the Samurai (1937)

6.0/10 • 114 min • Drama Romance

Overview

Teruo gets caught up in a conflict between tradition and modernism after returning to Japan from Germany after having spent a number of years there studying. Now, he is supposed to marry Mitsuko, the daughter of his adoptive father, to whom Teruo has long been promised. But Teruo, who has gotten to know the freedoms of the western world, would rather marry the woman he loves and behaves brusquely to Mitsuko.

Cast

Setsuko Hara

Misuko Yamato

Ruth Eweler

Gerda Storm

Sessue Hayakawa

Iwao Yamato

Isamu Kosugi

Teruo Yamato

Haruyo Ichikawa

Hideko Kanda

Yuriko Hanabusa

Oiku, the Maid

Eiji Takagi

Kosaku Kanda

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