The Giant (1938 film)
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The Giant | |
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Directed by | Mansaku Itami |
Screenplay by | Mansaku Itami |
Based on | Les Misérables 1862 novel by Victor Hugo |
Produced by | Nobuyoshi Morita |
Starring | Denjirô Ôkôchi Setsuko Hara Sadao Maruyama |
Cinematography | Jun Yasumoto |
Music by | Nobuo Ito |
Distributed by | Toho |
Release date |
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Running time | 127 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
The Giant (巨人傳, Kyojinden) is a 1938 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Mansaku Itami[1] and based on the famous five-part novel Les Misérables by French poet and novelist Victor Hugo. The film's setting was changed from France to Edo-period Japan.
The great jidai-geki star Denjiro Okochi plays the Jean Valjean role, and an eighteen-year-old Setsuko Hara features as Cosette.
Plot summary
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Cast
Actor | Role |
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Denjiro Okochi | Sanpei/Onuma/Sankichi |
Setsuko Hara | Chiyo |
Masako Tsutsumi | Okuni |
Hinako Katagiri | Chiyo bambina |
Ryo Sayama | Ryoma Seike |
Sadao Maruyama | Yajiro Sogabe |
Yo Shiomi | sacerdote |
Yoshio Kosugi | Narutoya |
References
- ^ "Il cinema ritrovato". Festival program. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
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