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Tokyo March

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Tokyo March
Cover of sheet music for the theme song
Directed byKenji Mizoguchi
StarringShizue Natsukawa
Reiji Ichiki
Release date
1929 (Japan)
Running time
24 min. (existing fragment)
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Tokyo March (東京行進曲, Tōkyō kōshinkyoku) is a 1929 black and white Japanese silent film, originally presented with benshi accompaniment, directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. It is a classic melodramatic love tragedy addressing social inequality in modern Japan, depicted in Mizoguchi's typical style. The theme song "Tokyo March" was originally sung by Chiyako Sato.

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