Before the Dawn

Yoake mae, feature film, 1953.

DIRECTED BY: Kozaburo Yoshimura

Before the Dawn

CAST:
Osamu Takizawa (Hanzo Aoyama),
Nobuko Otowa (Hanzova kćer),
Shin Date (Hanzov otac),
Chikako Hosokawa (majka),
Fukuko Sayo (supruga)

SCRIPT:
Kaneto Shindô

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Yoshio Miyajima

Synopsis:
In 19th century, Hanzo Aoyama is the owner of an inn for wealthy people in the small town of Magome situated between Kyoto and Edo. Aoyama is loyal to the cruel shogun Tokugawa and in return he has certain privileges. The emperor’s fight to gain back his throne will cause political and social unrest, which will result in war, and Aoyama’s position will become worse than ever…

35 mm, b/w, 143 min