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The Morning Sun Shines(1929)
Status: Released
Date: 1929-04-12
55%
10 Votes
Time: 0h 25m
Overview:
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.
Languages: Japanese, No Language.
Countries:
Japan
Budget: $25.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: The Morning Sun Shines
Top 6 Billed Cast
入江たか子
girl in the elevator
岡譲司
(as Susumu Minobe): Hiroo Karasaki, Head of Delegation
Kôju Murata
Kusaka
中野英治
Hayafusa
澤蘭子
Asako Akizuki
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Overview
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.
Release Date
1929-04-12
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5.5
Rating:
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