Drama ·Romance ·Crime · Japan · 1933 · 1h 39m

The Water Magician

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Director
Kenji Mizoguchi
Cast
Takako Irie as Taki no Shiraito Tokihiko Okada as Kinya Murakoshi Ichirō Sugai as Gozô Iwabuchi Bontarō Miake as Shinzô Kumeko Urabe as Ogin Suzuko Taki as Nadeshiko
Crew
Shigeru Miki — Director of Photography Tazuko Sakane — Editor Kennosuke Tateoka — Writer Yasunaga Higashibōjō — Writer Shinji Masuda — Writer Izumi Kyōka — Novel
Synopsis

Taki no Shiraito is a very independent young woman with a famous water juggling act in a travelling carnival troupe. She falls in love with an orphaned carriage driver Kinya Murakoshi, and pledges to put him through law school in Tokyo. She always encloses money in her letters to him, until one hard winter there is no work to be found.

Key Collaborators
Kenji Mizoguchi Director Shigeru Miki Director of Photography Tazuko Sakane Editor Kennosuke Tateoka Writer Yasunaga Higashibōjō Writer Shinji Masuda Writer Izumi Kyōka Novel Takako Irie Producer Takejiro Tsunoda Producer Yoshizo Mogi Producer Shichiro Nishii Production Design
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