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維新の曲 (1959)

維新の曲 poster
Directed by
Kiyohiko Ushihara
Genre
historical film
Country
Japan

How it feels

This 1942 Japanese film depicts events surrounding the Meiji Restoration. It follows several key figures as Japan undergoes a period of major change from feudal rule to modernization.

historicaldramaticpatrioticstatelypoignantepic-scaleformalnostalgic

What happens

『維新の曲』(いしんのきょく)は、1942年(昭和17年)5月14日公開の日本映画である。大映製作、映画配給社(紅系)配給。監督は牛原虚彦。モノクロ、スタンダード、113分。 同年1月23日に創立された大映(現・KADOKAWA)の第1回作品で、戦前の時代劇スターである阪東妻三郎、市川右太衛門、片岡千恵蔵、嵐寛寿郎の4人が初共演した。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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