CHUJI'S TRAVEL DIARY: THE CHUJI PATROL EPISODE

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.

The Crew

Denjirō Ōkōchi

Chuji Kunisada

Hideo Nakamura

Kichiji Nakamura

Seinosuke Sakamoto

Motoharu Isokawa

Ranko Sawa

Ko Yamamuro

Nobuko Akitsuki

Kajō Onoe

Koka Nakamura