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.

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

107 min

Cast:

Denjirō Ōkōchi, Hideo Nakamura, Kichiji Nakamura

Quality:

HD

Director:

Daisuke Itō

Release:

1927

Country:

Japan

Rating:

7.6