Tokyo March

Tokyo March
Cover of sheet music for the theme song
Directed by	Kenji Mizoguchi
Starring	Shizue Natsukawa Reiji Ichiki
Release dates	1929 (Japan)
Running time	24 min. (existing fragment)
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Tokyo March (東京行進曲, Tōkyō kōshinkyoku) is a 1929 black and white Japanese silent film, originally presented with benshi accompaniment, directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. It is a classic melodramatic love tragedy addressing social inequality in modern Japan, depicted in Mizoguchi's typical style. The theme song "Tokyo March" was originally sung by Chiyako Sato.

Cast

Shizue Natsukawa as Michiyo
Reiji Ichiki as Yoshiki
Isamu Kosugi as Sakuma
Takako Irie as Sayuriko

External links

Tokyo March on Internet Movie Database

The films of Kenji Mizoguchi

The Morning Sun Shines (1929)
Tokyo March (1929)
Tojin Okichi (1930)
The Water Magician (1933)
Orizuru Osen (1935)
Osaka Elegy (1936)
Sisters of the Gion (1936)
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939)
The 47 Ronin (1941)
Utamaro and His Five Women (1947)
The Love of the Actress Sumako (1947)
Portrait of Madame Yuki (1950)
Miss Oyu (1951)
The Lady of Musashino (1951)
The Life of Oharu (1952)
Ugetsu (1953)
A Geisha (1953)
Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
The Woman in the Rumor (1954)
The Crucified Lovers (1954)
Princess Yang Kwei-Fei (1955)
Tales of the Taira Clan (1955)
Street of Shame (1956)

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