The Daughter of the Samurai (1937)
- Original title
- 新しき土
- Directed by
- Mansaku Itami, Arnold Fanck
- Genre
- drama film, romance film
- Country
- Germany, Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 4 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.
How it feels
A Japanese woman raised in a traditional family is caught between her duty to marry a man chosen by her parents and her love for a more modern man. The story explores the tension between old customs and new ways in 1930s Japan.
romanticdramaticslowseriousbittersweetcross-culturalearnesthistorical
What happens
The Daughter of the Samurai (German: Die Tochter des Samurai, Japanese: Atarashiki Tsuchi (新しき土, The New Earth)) is a 1937 German-Japanese drama film directed by Arnold Fanck and Mansaku Itami, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Starring Setsuko Hara, Ruth Eweler and Sessue Hayakawa, it was the first of two co-productions between Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany. Fanck, who was famous for making mountaineering films, was possibly chosen as director because of his connections to the Nazi Party. Fanck and Itami clashed a great deal during the film's production, and in effect created two separate versions for release in their respective countries. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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