September 26, 1924
Release Date

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Backward Flow (1924)

Name: Backward Flow
Genre: Drama
Released: 1924-09-26

28m

Running Time

September 26, 1924
Release Date

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Plot.

Nanjo Mikisaburo is a young samurai trying to restore his ruined family to its past glory. Enduring the contempt and disdain of high-ranking samurai, Mikisaburo devotes himself to the way of the warrior, mastering the literary and martial arts. His master Kurahashi Jupeita's daughter Misao feels for Mikisahuro who maintains his pride in the face of the arrogant samurai's scorn. She sympathizes with and encourages him. However this sympathy ignites a passionate love for her in Mikisaburo.

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Cast & Crew.

Kanzaburo Arashi

Jitheita Kurahashi

Tsumasaburō Bandō

Mikiaburô Nanjô

Kōzaburō Kataoka

Genzaburô Hayamizu

Teruko Makino

Misao

Yoshie Nakagawa

Gonta

Michisaburō Segawa

Heikichi Yamamuro

Manruko Ôtani

Kuma-san - a carpenter

Buntarō Futagawa

Director

Rokuhei Susukita

Story / Screenplay

Masue Bessho

Nanjô's mother

Saichiro Hashimoto

Cinematographer

Details.

Release Date
September 26, 1924

Original Name
逆流

Status
Released

Running Time
28m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2025-02-12

Wiki.

Gyakuryu (逆流, Backward Flow) is a 1924 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Buntaro Futagawa. Often acclaimed as the predecessor to Orochi, it tells the tale of a nihilistic samurai, played by Tsumasaburo Bando whose mother is killed, whose sister is used and deceived and who loses the only love of his life.