Backward Flow (1924)
逆流
Nanjo Mikisaburo is a young samurai trying to restore his ruined family to its past glory. Enduring the contempt and disdain of high-ranking samurai, Mikisaburo devotes himself to the way of the warrior, mastering the literary and martial arts. His master Kurahashi Jupeita's daughter Misao feels for Mikisahuro who maintains his pride in the face of the arrogant samurai's scorn. She sympathizes with and encourages him. However this sympathy ignites a passionate love for her in Mikisaburo.
- Date of release
- 1924-09-26
- TMDB
- 5.8 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 28m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Buntarō Futagawa
Casting
- Kanzaburo Arashi — Jitheita Kurahashi
- Tsumasaburō Bandō — Mikiaburô Nanjô
- Kōzaburō Kataoka — Genzaburô Hayamizu
- Teruko Makino — Misao
- Yoshie Nakagawa — Gonta
- Michisaburō Segawa — Heikichi Yamamuro
- Manruko Ôtani — Kuma-san - a carpenter
Interesting facts
Gyakuryu is a 1924 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Buntaro Futagawa. Often acclaimed as the predecessor to Orochi, it tells the tale of a nihilistic samurai, played by Tsumasaburo Bando whose mother is killed, whose sister is used and deceived and who loses the only love of his life.
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