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

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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