The Day Before

Original title: その前夜

Duration: 87 min

Release date: 1939-10-20

IMDB

A forceful indictment of the devastating effects of war and nationalistic fanaticism on the average man, who, in the face of the absurdity of violence, is reduced to apathy or victimhood.

Drama History

その前夜

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Chōjūrō Kawarasaki

Chōjūrō Kawarasaki

as Sentaro Takikawa

Kan'emon Nakamura

Kan'emon Nakamura

Hideko Takamine

Hideko Takamine

Sukezō Sukedakaya

Sukezō Sukedakaya

Tsuruzo Nakamura

Tsuruzo Nakamura

Kosaburō Tachibana

Kosaburō Tachibana

Sensho Ichikawa

Sensho Ichikawa

as Kyohei Matsunaga

Yoshizaburo Arashi

Yoshizaburo Arashi

as Kiemon Yanagiya

as Toshimaro Yoshida

Chōemon Bandō

as Teizo Miyabe

Ebizaburo Ichikawa

Ebizaburo Ichikawa

Iwagoro Ichikawa

Iwagoro Ichikawa

Kikunosuke Ichikawa

Kikunosuke Ichikawa

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Kinpachi Kajiwara

Kinpachi Kajiwara

Masanobu Takeyama

Masanobu Takeyama

Kikuzō Kawasaki

Kikuzō Kawasaki

Director of Photography

Eisuke Takizawa

Eisuke Takizawa

Hiroshi Inagaki

Hiroshi Inagaki

Shintarō Mimura

Shintarō Mimura

Original Music Composer

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