The Morning Sun Shines

The Morning Sun Shines
The Morning Sun Shines
Directed by	Kenji Mizoguchi; Seiichi Ina;
Starring	Eiji Nakano; Hirotoshi Murata; Heitarō Doi; Ranko Sawa; Irie Takako;
Cinematography	Tatsuyuki Yokota; Torao Taishima;
Production; company	Nikkatsu
Release date	12 April 1929 (Japan);
Running time	2,099 meters
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

The Morning Sun Shines (朝日は輝く, Asahi wa kagayaku) is a 1929 Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi and Seiichi Ina.^[1] Intended as a promotional film for the newspaper Asahi Shimbun, it combines fictional and documentary elements.^[2]^[3] Only a fragment of the film survives today.^[4]

Cast

Eiji Nakano
Hirotoshi Murata
Heitarō Doi
Ranko Sawa
Irie Takako

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "朝日は輝く". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 October 2022.
^ McDonald, Keiko I. (1984). Mizoguchi. Boston: Twayne Publishers. p. 22. ISBN 9780805792959.
^ Miyao, Daisuke (2014). The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Cinema. Oxford University Press. p. 142. ISBN 9780199731664.
^ Raine, Michael; Nordström, Johan, eds. (2020). The Culture of the Sound Image in Prewar Japan. Amsterdam University Press. pp. 194–95. ISBN 9789089647733.

External links

The Morning Sun Shines at IMDb

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[jmdb-1] "朝日は輝く". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 October 2022.

[Keiko-2] McDonald, Keiko I. (1984). Mizoguchi. Boston: Twayne Publishers. p. 22. ISBN 9780805792959.

[Daisuke-3] Miyao, Daisuke (2014). The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Cinema. Oxford University Press. p. 142. ISBN 9780199731664.

[4] Raine, Michael; Nordström, Johan, eds. (2020). The Culture of the Sound Image in Prewar Japan. Amsterdam University Press. pp. 194–95. ISBN 9789089647733.

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