The Daughter of the Samurai (1937)
Teruo gets caught up in a conflict between tradition and modernism after returning to Japan from Germany after having spent a number of years there studying. Now, he is supposed to marry Mitsuko, the daughter of his adoptive father, to whom Teruo has long been promised. But Teruo, who has gotten to know the freedoms of the western world, would rather marry the woman he loves and behaves brusquely to Mitsuko.
- Released
- 1937-02-04
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Arnold Fanck, Mansaku Itami, Arnold Fanck
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 from 4 votes
Cast
- Setsuko Hara as Misuko Yamato
- Ruth Eweler as Gerda Storm
- Sessue Hayakawa as Iwao Yamato
- Isamu Kosugi as Teruo Yamato
- Haruyo Ichikawa as Hideko Kanda
- Yuriko Hanabusa as Oiku, the Maid
- Eiji Takagi as Kosaku Kanda
- Kichiji Nakamura as Ikkan, the Priest
- Max Hinder as German Teacher
- Nisao Tokiwa as Teruo's Mother
- Kanae Murata as Child