The Morning Sun Shines

The Morning Sun Shines

25 mins | Drama, Documentary | April 12, 1929

The Morning Sun Shines is a fiction-documentary film by Kenji Mizoguchi and Seiichi Ina. The film is a combination of a drama about a reporter, and documentary footage about newspaper production. Only 25 minutes of footage has survived.

The Morning Sun Shines

25 mins | Drama, Documentary | April 12, 1929

The Morning Sun Shines
The Morning Sun Shines is a fiction-documentary film by Kenji Mizoguchi and Seiichi Ina. The film is a combination of a drama about a reporter, and documentary footage about newspaper production. Only 25 minutes of footage has survived.
Producers Nikkatsu Corporation
Original title 朝日は輝く
Directors Seiichi Ina, Kenji Mizoguchi
Writers Chiio Kimura

Cast

Takako Irie

as girl in the elevator

Joji Oka

as (as Susumu Minobe): Hiroo Karasaki, Head of Delegation

Kôju Murata

as Kusaka

Eiji Nakano

as Hayafusa

Ranko Sawa

as Asako Akizuki

Heitaro Doi

as Kōhei Akizuki