Chuji's Travel Diary: The Chuji Patrol Episode

Overview

The Japanese equivalent of penny dreadfuls glorifying Jesse James, A Diary of Chuji’s Travels gives a unique gloss to the tale of Chuji Kunisada, the legendary bakuto (or gambler, the precursors to modern-day yakuza). One of the two remaining segments of Ito’s original four-hour trilogy, it depicts Chuji’s attempt to save the geisha Oshina, a rebellion against the rigid social structure of Edo Japan. With socialist overtones, it’s a passionate artifact of early Japanese film.

Cast

Denjirō Ōkōchi

Chuji Kunisada

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Hideo Nakamura

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Kichiji Nakamura

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Seinosuke Sakamoto

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Motoharu Isokawa

Ranko Sawa

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Ko Yamamuro

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Nobuko Akitsuki

Kajō Onoe

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Koka Nakamura

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Hyakunosuke Ichikawa

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Katsutaro Asami