Lord for a Night (1946)

In 1887, two businessmen, Echigo-ya and Kitahara, compete for railroad construction authorization from the government. The minister states that a local noble must not object, and his missing younger brother is the only one who could sway him. Meanwhile, Omitsu, a hotel employee tired of Echigo-ya’s wife’s arrogance, teams up with Kitahara to stage a scheme where a vagrant young man pretends to be the noble’s lost brother, aiming to trick and embarrass the wealthy woman.

Released

1946-07-11

Genres

Drama

Runtime

112 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Hideo Oguni, Teinosuke Kinugasa

TMDB rating

8.0/10 from 2 votes