Nangoku taiheiki: zenpen (1937)

- Original title
- 南国太平記
- Directed by
- Kyōtarō Namiki
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Rating
- 10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This is a silent film from 1937 about a political conflict within the Satsuma domain in the late Edo period of Japan. It is based on a novel that was a major hit at the time.
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What happens
『南国太平記』(なんごくたいへいき)は、1930年(昭和5年)6月12日から1931年(昭和6年)10月17日まで「東京日日」「大阪毎日」に発表された直木三十五の小説(挿絵は石井鶴三)、および本作を原作とした映画作品である。幕末の薩摩藩における内紛(お由羅騒動)を題材としている。小説は大ヒットし、直木の月収は1000円を超えたとされている。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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