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The Morning Sun Shines

朝日は輝く

1929 · 0h 25m · Documentary, Drama · Japan

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.

Directed by
Kenji Mizoguchi, Seiichi Ina
Written by
Chiio Kimura
Starring
Takako Irie, Joji Oka, Kōju Murata, Eiji Nakano
6.0Smart score

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12 TMDB votes · IMDb page

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newsnewspaperpartially lost film

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