Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Sozenji Baba (1928)

Sozenji Baba poster
Original title
崇禅寺馬場
Directed by
Masahiro Makino
Genre
silent film
Country
Japan
Runtime
32 min
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A person struggles with the emotional pain after carrying out a revenge killing. The film shows their inner torment and the heavy consequences of their act.

silentbleakmelancholiccontemplativeslow-burngloomyemotionalsubdued

What happens

Sozenji Baba (崇禅寺馬場, Sozenji Baba) is a 1928 black and white Japanese silent film directed by Masahiro Makino. It is an ambitious film in which Makino deals with the difficult issue of the agony of a person who killed for revenge. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?