Gyakuryu
Appearance
Gyakuryu | |
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Directed by | Buntaro Futagawa |
Starring | Tsumasaburo Bando Benisaburo Kataoka Kanzaburo Arashi Teruko Makino |
Narrated by | Midori Sawato |
Cinematography | Saichiro Hashimoto |
Distributed by | Digital Meme |
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Running time | 28 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Gyakuryu (逆流, Backward Flow) is a 1924 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Buntaro Futagawa. Often acclaimed as the predecessor to Orochi, it tells the tale of a nihilistic samurai, played by Tsumasaburo Bando whose mother is killed, whose sister is used and deceived and who loses the only love of his life.
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