
The Morning Sun Shines
The Morning Sun Shines is a fiction-documentary film by Kenji Mizoguchi and Seiichi Ina. The film is a combination of a drama about a reporter, and documentary footage about newspaper production. Only 25 minutes of footage has survived.
Cast

Takako Irie
girl in the elevator

Joji Oka
(as Susumu Minobe): Hiroo Karasaki, Head of Delegation

Kōju Murata
Kusaka

Eiji Nakano
Hayafusa

Ranko Sawa
Asako Akizuki
Heitaro Doi
Kōhei Akizuki
Storyline
The Morning Sun Shines is a fiction-documentary film by Kenji Mizoguchi and Seiichi Ina. The film is a combination of a drama about a reporter, and documentary footage about newspaper production. Only 25 minutes of footage has survived.
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