Underplayed Gems

The Conjuror In The Town (1925)

The Conjuror In The Town poster
Original title
街の手品師
Directed by
Minoru Murata
Genre
drama
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 40m
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A silent Japanese film from 1925 directed by Minoru Murata. A magician loves a waitress who loves another man. When she plans suicide and he confronts her lover, it ends in murder and death, leaving her as a magician with a child.

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What happens

『街の手品師』(まちのてじなし)は、1925年(大正14年)に村田実が監督し、日活京都撮影所第二部が製作、日活が配給して公開された、日本の長篇劇映画、サイレント映画である街の手品師、日本映画情報システム、文化庁、2012年7月5日閲覧。街の手品師、日本映画データベース、2012年7月5日閲覧。。初めてヨーロッパで上映された日本映画のひとつである石巻、p.429.。 手品師の譲次(近藤伊与吉)は、支那料理屋(佐藤円治)の女給のお絹(岡田嘉子)に恋をしている。お絹は山中(東坊城恭長)に恋をしていたが、山中が令嬢の節子(砂田駒子)と結婚するという話を耳にした。譲次は死のうとするお絹を救い、山中を責めたて、殺してしまう。挙句の果てには自らも重傷を負って死ぬ。やがて、お絹は幼い子どもを抱えた女手品師になる。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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