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
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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