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| Festival Year |
Festival Section |
| 2005 |
Light from the East: Celebrating Japanese Cinema
Shochiku 110 - Naruse 100 -- Prog. 6 |
| Film Title |
KACHIDOKI |
| Alternative Title 1 |
[GRIDO DI TRIONFO] |
| Alternative Title 2 |
[TRIUMPHANT SHOUT] |
| Alternative Title 3 |
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| Country |
Japan |
| Release Date |
24 September 1926 |
| Production Co. |
Makino |
| Director |
Masayoshi Katsumi |
| Format |
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Speed (fps) |
| 35mm |
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18 |
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| Footage |
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Time |
| 5104 ft. |
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76' |
| Archive Source |
National Film Center, Tokyo |
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| Print Notes |
Didascalie in giapponese sottotitolate in inglese / Japanese intertitles, English subtitles. |
| Cast |
| Ryunosuke Tsukigata, Teruko Makino, Yonosuke Kashima, Hideya Iwaki, Kobunji Ichikawa, Shusuke Kuritomi, Sumiko Suzuk |
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| Other Credits |
| sogg./story, scen: Shotaro Saijo; f./ph: Hideo Ishimoto |
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| Program Notes |
Senpachiro steals Kinnosuke’s fiancée, kills his father, and runs away. Kinnosuke sets out on a journey to avenge himself by finding and killing Senpachiro. He is accompanied by his younger sister Sada, and Sanpei and his older brother Kyosuke, who both feel indebted to Kinnosuke’s late father for his kindness. Sanpei and Sada are in love, and it is hard for Kinnosuke to see them together. The terrible experience of losing his fiancée and his father gradually affects Kinnosuke’s mind to the point that one day he gets the wild idea that Sanpei is Senpachiro’s spy, and orders Kyosuke to kill his brother. Instead, it is Kyosuke who is killed in the struggle, by accident, technically caused by Kinnosuke. Sanpei, out of a grudge, informs Senpachiro of Kinnosuke’s whereabouts, and Senpachiro kills him. Sanpei decides to join Senpachiro, but once he learns that Senpachiro intends to kill Sada, Kinnosuke’s sister and his own beloved, he runs to the scene and kills Senpachiro. Sada forgives Sanpei, and they are reunited. With the help of a masterless samurai, Zenki Mikimoto, who is impressed by the love of Sanpei and Sada, the pair manage to escape their pursuers and run to the river.
The company Makino Production, which was started by Shozo Makino after leaving Nikkatsu, primarily concentrated on mass-produced period films with tragic and nihilistic content, and fierce action scenes, which quickly earned them many fans, especially among the young. This film’s story is a typical revenge narrative, but the vivid and dynamic way in which it portrays the agony of the young characters, in the face of a feudalistic master-and-servant relationship coming above familial ties, conveys the energetic style of Makino Production at its peak. – FUMIKO TSUNEISHI
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