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The Giant (1938 film)

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The Giant
Directed byMansaku Itami
Screenplay byMansaku Itami
Based onLes Misérables
1862 novel
by Victor Hugo
Produced byNobuyoshi Morita
StarringDenjirô Ôkôchi
Setsuko Hara
Sadao Maruyama
CinematographyJun Yasumoto
Music byNobuo Ito
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • April 11, 1938 (1938-04-11)
Running time
127 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

The Giant (巨人傳, Kyojinden) is a 1938 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Mansaku Itami[1] and based on the famous five-part novel Les Misérables by French poet and novelist Victor Hugo. The film's setting was changed from France to Edo-period Japan.

The great jidai-geki star Denjiro Okochi plays the Jean Valjean role, and an eighteen-year-old Setsuko Hara features as Cosette.

Plot summary

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Cast

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Actor Role
Denjiro Okochi Sanpei/Onuma/Sankichi
Setsuko Hara Chiyo
Masako Tsutsumi Okuni
Hinako Katagiri Chiyo bambina
Ryo Sayama Ryoma Seike
Sadao Maruyama Yajiro Sogabe
Yo Shiomi sacerdote
Yoshio Kosugi Narutoya

References

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  1. ^ "Il cinema ritrovato". Festival program. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
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