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Tokyo March (1929)

Tokyo March poster
Original title
東京行進曲
Directed by
Kenji Mizoguchi
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 41m
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 20 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A silent drama set in late 1920s Tokyo. It follows several characters from different social classes as their lives intersect. The film shows the struggles and tensions of a society under change.

melancholicrestlesssocially consciousslow-burnreflectivebleakatmosphericperiod piece

What happens

Tokyo March (東京行進曲, Tōkyō kōshinkyoku) is a 1929 Japanese silent drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. It is one of the left-leaning "tendency films" Mizoguchi made in the late 1920s. Only a fragment of the film exists today. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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