Priest of Darkness (1936)
河内山宗俊
A boy steals a knife from an old samurai, unaware of its value, setting off a strange chain of events.
- Date of release
- 1936-04-30
- TMDB
- 7.1 / 10 (18)
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Sadao Yamanaka
Casting
- Chōjūrō Kawarasaki — Kochiyama Soshun
- Kan'emon Nakamura — Kaneko Ichinojo
- Shizue Kawarazaki — Oshizu
- Setsuko Hara — Onami
- Sensho Ichikawa — Naozamurai
- Daisuke Katō — Kenta
- Sukezō Sukedakaya — Ushimatsu
- Chōemon Bandō — Mori
- Kikunojo Segawa — Matsue
- Monzô Nakamura — Elder
- Shotaro Ichikawa — man in Seri City
- Rakutarô Ichikawa
Interesting facts
Kōchiyama Sōshun (河内山宗俊), also known in English as Priest of Darkness, is a 1936 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Sadao Yamanaka. It is one of three surviving films by the director.
Production
The original idea for Kōchiyama Sōshun came from a Kabuki play by Kawatake Mokuami, known as Kochiyama to naozamurai. In the play, the two title characters are petty criminals from the Ueno district of Edo (now Tokyo). Yamanaka changed some of the characters from the play to be more good-natured, in keeping with his film aesthetic.
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