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The Water Magician
1933 7.2 (16 votes) 1h 39m
Genres
Drama Romance Crime
Production Companies
Irie Production
Shinko Uzumasa

The Water Magician (瀧の白糸)

Overview

Taki no Shiraito is a very independent young woman with a famous water juggling act in a travelling carnival troupe. She falls in love with an orphaned carriage driver Kinya Murakoshi, and pledges to put him through law school in Tokyo. She always encloses money in her letters to him, until one hard winter there is no work to be found.

Key Crew

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi

Director of Photography: Shigeru Miki

Writer: Yasunaga Higashibōjō, Shinji Masuda, Kennosuke Tateoka

Producer: Takako Irie, Yoshizo Mogi, Takejiro Tsunoda

Top Cast

Takako Irie
Takako Irie

Taki no Shiraito

Tokihiko Okada
Tokihiko Okada

Kinya Murakoshi

Ichirō Sugai
Ichirō Sugai

Gozô Iwabuchi

Bontarō Miake
Bontarō Miake

Shinzô

Kumeko Urabe
Kumeko Urabe

Ogin

Suzuko Taki

Nadeshiko

Kôji Ôizumi

Kenji

Joe Ohara

Tanjirô

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