The Giant (1938)

Name: The Giant
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1938-02-02

2h 7m

Running Time

Plot.

Japanese adaptation of LES MISERABLES. The last film of director Itami took inspiration from Les Miserables. Transpiring during the Southwestern War of 1877 in Japan, which was the last civil war in the country, a criminal escapes prison only to be found by a monk. The criminal decides to turn a new leaf based on their conversation and goes on to become a town's mayor. He hears news of a mistaken arrest and identity. The revelation of truth is the start of a series of miseries.

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Details.

Release Date
February 2, 1938

Original Name
巨人伝

Status
Released

Running Time
2h 7m

Genres
Drama History

Last updated: 2025-02-20

Wiki.

The Giant (巨人傳, Kyojinden) is a 1938 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Mansaku Itami and based on the famous five-part novel Les Misérables by French poet and novelist Victor Hugo. The film's setting was changed from France to Edo-period Japan.

The great jidai-geki star Denjiro Okochi plays the Jean Valjean role, and an eighteen-year-old Setsuko Hara features as Cosette.