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The Daughter of the Samurai

Film

The Daughter of the Samurai

5.3

1h 54m

1937

Synopsis

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.

Director

Mansaku Itami

Arnold Fanck

DramaRomance

Cast & Crew

Setsuko Hara

Setsuko Hara

as Misuko Yamato

Ruth Eweler

Ruth Eweler

as Gerda Storm

Sessue Hayakawa

Sessue Hayakawa

as Iwao Yamato

Isamu Kosugi

Isamu Kosugi

as Teruo Yamato

Haruyo Ichikawa

Haruyo Ichikawa

as Hideko Kanda

Yuriko Hanabusa

Yuriko Hanabusa

as Oiku, the Maid

Eiji Takagi

Eiji Takagi

as Kosaku Kanda

Kichiji Nakamura

as Ikkan, the Priest

Max Hinder

as German Teacher

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