The Morning Sun Shines (1929)

Original title

朝日は輝く

Directed by

Kenji Mizoguchi

Genre

documentary film

Country

Japan

Runtime

25 min

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This 1929 film was made to promote a Japanese newspaper. It mixes scripted scenes with documentary footage. Only a short piece of it still exists.

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What happens

The Morning Sun Shines (朝日は輝く, Asahi wa kagayaku) is a 1929 Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi and Seiichi Ina. Intended as a promotional film for the newspaper Asahi Shimbun, it combines fictional and documentary elements. Only a fragment of the film survives today. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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