A Diary of Chuji's Travels

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A Diary of Chuji's Travels
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Daisuke Itō
Written by	Daisuke Itō
Starring	Denjirō Ōkōchi Naoe Fushimi Ranko Sawa
Cinematography	Rokuzō Watarai Hiromitsu Karasawa
Production company	Nikkatsu
Release date	1927 (1927)
Running time	107 minutes (existing print at 16 fps)
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

A Diary of Chuji's Travels (Japanese: 忠次旅日記, Hepburn: Chūji Tabi Nikki) is a silent Japanese jidaigeki made in 1927 starring Denjirō Ōkōchi and directed by Daisuke Itō. It was originally released in three parts, all of which were long thought to be lost until portions of the second part and much of the third part were discovered and restored in 1991.^[1] Since the film had once been voted in a 1959 Kinema Junpō poll as the best Japanese film of all time, its discovery was significant.^[1] At the time of its release, Itō was the leader of a new style of samurai films that featured outlaw heroes and fast-cut sword fighting scenes.

Plot

The three films focus on the travels of the kindly yakuza boss Kunisada Chūji. The existing print begins with Chuji on the road, fleeing the law while taking care of Kantaro, the son of a dead friend. He leaves Kantaro with Kabe Yasuemon, an honorable local boss, but is shocked to find out that his own men have been committing robberies using his own name. Angry, Chuji hits the road and eventually settles in another town, assuming another name and working as a clerk for a sake brewery. Okuma, the daughter of the brewer, falls in love with Chuji, but he ignores her. When he saves her brother from trouble with the Otozo gang, his identity is revealed and the police close in. Okume kills herself and Chuji flees, but the palsy he had been suffering from worsens and he is finally caught. His henchmen, however, succeed in rescuing him and bring him back to his home village. Unable to walk and confined to bed, Chuji is hidden in a storehouse. His woman, Oshina, discovers that one of his men has betrayed him, but it is too late. Despite the valiant efforts of his men to hold off the police, Chuji is finally arrested by the authorities.

Cast

Denjirō Ōkōchi as Kunisada Chūji
Naoe Fushimi as Oshina
Ranko Sawa as Okume
Hideo Nakamura as Kantarō
Kichiji Nakamura as Kabe Yasuemon
Motoharu Isokawa as Kihei, a sake brewer
Yujirō Asahina as Masakichi
Seinosuke Sakamoto as Bunzō
Kajō Onoe as Otozō

Reception

In Kinema Junpō's poll of the best Japanese films of 1927, part two was number one and part three was number four.^[2]

Versions

If the original three parts were projected together, the entire film would have totaled over four hours.^[3] The currently restored print combines the discovered sections into one film. A further digital restoration was undertaken in 2011.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Special Screening: Digitally Restored versions of Chuji tabinikki and Chokon, and Kobayashi Tomijiro sogi". National Film Center. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
^ "1927-nendo Kinema Junpō besuto ten". Shinema 1987. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
^ "A Diary of Chuji's Travels". Film Society Lincoln Center. Retrieved 4 February 2012.

External links

A Diary of Chuji's Travels at IMDb
National Film Center catalog entry

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