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The Morning Sun Shines (1929)

25m

Running Time

The Morning Sun Shines (1929)

Name: The Morning Sun Shines
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Released: 1929-04-12

25m

Running Time

April 12, 1929
Release Date

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Plot.

The Morning Sun Shines is a fiction-documentary film by Kenji Mizoguchi and Seiichi Ina. The film is a combination of a drama about a reporter, and documentary footage about newspaper production. Only 25 minutes of footage has survived.

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Cast & Crew.

Takako Irie

girl in the elevator

Joji Oka

(as Susumu Minobe): Hiroo Karasaki, Head of Delegation

Kōju Murata

Kusaka

Eiji Nakano

Hayafusa

Ranko Sawa

Asako Akizuki

Heitaro Doi

Kōhei Akizuki

Kenji Mizoguchi

Director

Chiio Kimura

Writer

Seiichi Ina

Director

Tatsuyuki Yokota

Cinematographer

Details.

Release Date
April 12, 1929

Original Name
朝日は輝く

Status
Released

Running Time
25m

Budget
$25

Genres
Documentary Drama

Last updated: 2025-02-11

This Movie Is About.

newspaper

news

partially lost film

Wiki.

The Morning Sun Shines (朝日は輝く, Asahi wa kagayaku) is a 1929 Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi and Seiichi Ina. Intended as a promotional film for the newspaper Asahi Shimbun, it combines fictional and documentary elements. Only a fragment of the film survives today.