The Daughter of the Samurai (1937)

1937 · 114 min · Drama, Romance

Teruo gets caught up in a conflict between tradition and modernism after returning to Japan from Germany after having spent a number of years there studying. Now, he is supposed to marry Mitsuko, the daughter of his adoptive father, to whom Teruo has long been promised. But Teruo, who has gotten to know the freedoms of the western world, would rather marry the woman he loves and behaves brusquely to Mitsuko.

Directed by Arnold Fanck and Mansaku Itami. Starring Setsuko Hara, Ruth Eweler, Sessue Hayakawa, Isamu Kosugi and Haruyo Ichikawa.

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