Chuji's Travel Diary: The Chuji Patrol Episode
Overview
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.
Chuji Trilogy
Cast
DenjirĹŤ ĹŚkĹŤchi
Chuji Kunisada
Hideo Nakamura
Kichiji Nakamura
Seinosuke Sakamoto
Motoharu Isokawa
Ranko Sawa
Ko Yamamuro
Nobuko Akitsuki
KajĹŤ Onoe
Koka Nakamura
Hyakunosuke Ichikawa
Katsutaro Asami
