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Backward Flow

逆流

1924·28 min·JP
Director: Buntarō Futagawa
Drama

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.

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

K

Kanzaburo Arashi

Jitheita Kurahashi

Tsumasaburō Bandō

Tsumasaburō Bandō

Mikiaburô Nanjô

K

Kōzaburō Kataoka

Genzaburô Hayamizu

Teruko Makino

Teruko Makino

Misao

Yoshie Nakagawa

Yoshie Nakagawa

Gonta

M

Michisaburō Segawa

Heikichi Yamamuro

M

Manruko Ôtani

Kuma-san - a carpenter

Crew

Rokuhei Susukita

writer

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