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Japanese Girls At The Harbor (1933)

Japanese Girls At The Harbor poster
Original title
港の日本娘
Directed by
Hiroshi Shimizu
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 12m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 20 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two teenage girls in a port town compete for the affections of a boy. Their rivalry leads to betrayal and heartbreak.

visually flamboyantemotionally intensesilentdramaticmelancholicatmospherictenseromantic

What happens

Japanese Girls at the Harbor (港の日本娘, Minato no nihon musume) is a 1933 Japanese silent drama film directed by Hiroshi Shimizu. It is based on the novel of the same name by Toma Kitabayashi. Film historians have called Japanese Girls at the Harbor an "electrifying masterpiece of Japanese silent cinema", and "visually flamboyant and emotionally intense". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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