What Made Her Do It? (1930)

Original title

何が彼女をそうさせたか

Directed by

Shigeyoshi Suzuki

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 25m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 5 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 Japanese silent drama follows a woman's descent into a life of crime and desperation. The film shows the harsh social pressures that push her toward a violent act.

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What happens

What Made Her Do It? (Japanese: 何が彼女をそうさせたか, Hepburn: Nani ga kanojo o sō saseta ka) is a 1930 Japanese silent film directed by Shigeyoshi Suzuki. It was the top-grossing Japanese film of the silent era. Notable as an example of the tendency film genre, it reportedly caused a riot upon its showing in Tokyo's Asakusa district. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.