Daichi wa hohoemu
Also known as Le sourire de notre terre and La terre sourit in France; The Smiling Earth in the USA : [The Earth Smiles]
(1925) Japan
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi [part one], Osamu Wakayama [part two] and Kensaku Suzuki [part three]
Cast: Iyokichi Kondo, Yutaka Mimasu, Eiji Nakano [Murata Keiichi], Yoshiko Okada, Eiji Takagi [Professor Murata], Yôko Umemura
Nikkatsu Kyoto production. / Scenario by Shuichi Hatamoto. Assistant directors, Seiichi Ina and Takeshi Nagasaki [part two], and Hiroshi Ono. Cinematography by Tatsuyuki Yokota [part one], Seiichi Uchida [part two], and Saburo Isayama and Seigo Kiga [part three]. / Released 10 April 1925 (part one) and 17 April 1925 (parts two and three). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists (Yoshishige Abe collection).
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Listing updated: 6 June 2009.
References: Website-IMDb.
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