The Morning Sun Shines (朝日は輝く) 95 years old

The Morning Sun Shines is a fiction-documentary film by Kenji Mizoguchi and Seiichi Ina. The film is a combination of a drama about a reporter, and documentary footage about newspaper production. Only 25 minutes of footage has survived.

Credits

The Morning Sun Shines Cast

Name Character
Kôju Murata He was 30, 59 years old when he died as Kusaka
Eiji Nakano He was 24, 85 years old when he died as Hayafusa
Ranko Sawa She was 25, 99 years old when she died as Asako Akizuki
Susumu Minobe
Takako Irie She was 18, 83 years old when she died

The Morning Sun Shines Crew

Name Department
Kenji Mizoguchi as Director. He was 30 (58) years old when He died Directing
Chiio Kimura as Writer. Writing
The Morning Sun Shines poster
The Morning Sun Shines (95 years)

  • Release day: Friday, April 12, 1929
  • Runtime: 25 minutes
  • Budget: 25.00