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What Made Her Do It? (1930)

What Made Her Do It? poster
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

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.

intensemelodramaticchaoticsocially consciousunsettlingtragicprovocativeraw

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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