Kurama Tengu (1928)

Original title

鞍馬天狗

Directed by

Teppei Yamaguchi

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 11m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A silent black and white film from 1928 in Japan. It shows the adventures of a bold hero named Kurama Tengu, based on a popular novel series.

old-fashioneddramaticheroicstylizednostalgicformal

What happens

Kurama Tengu (Japanese: 鞍馬天狗) is a fictional character in Japanese literature, cinema and TV. The popular series comprises numerous films and television dramas based on the original novel written by Jirō Osaragi. The 1928 black and white Japanese silent film version with benshi accompaniment was directed by Teppei Yamaguchi. It is a film which is a part of the series depicting the bold and daring hero Kurama Tengu. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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