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Sen'ninbari

  • 1937
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This incomplete print of Japan's oldest surviving colour talkie depicts a boatman whose engagement to his fiancée is disrupted when he is conscripted to fight in China. He is also searching ... Read allThis incomplete print of Japan's oldest surviving colour talkie depicts a boatman whose engagement to his fiancée is disrupted when he is conscripted to fight in China. He is also searching for his long-lost mother and hopes to reunite with her before going off to war.This incomplete print of Japan's oldest surviving colour talkie depicts a boatman whose engagement to his fiancée is disrupted when he is conscripted to fight in China. He is also searching for his long-lost mother and hopes to reunite with her before going off to war.

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    • Genjirô Saegusa
  • Writer
    • Kesshû Tsukuda
  • Stars
    • Matsunosuke Fukui
    • Fumiyo Kyômachi
    • Kuni Sugiura
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    • Director
      • Genjirô Saegusa
    • Writer
      • Kesshû Tsukuda
    • Stars
      • Matsunosuke Fukui
      • Fumiyo Kyômachi
      • Kuni Sugiura
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    Matsunosuke Fukui
    Fumiyo Kyômachi
    Kuni Sugiura
    Shôko Tachibana
      Shizuko Takizawa
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        • Genjirô Saegusa
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        • Kesshû Tsukuda
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        The first motion picture in color in the history of Japanese cinema.

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        • October 21, 1937 (Japan)
      • Country of origin
        • Japan
      • Language
        • Japanese
      • Production company
        • Dainihon Ten'nenshoku Eiga
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