Chuji's Travel Diary: The Chuji Patrol Episode (1927)

The Japanese equivalent of penny dreadfuls glorifying Jesse James, A Diary of Chuji’s Travels gives a unique gloss to the tale of Chuji Kunisada, the legendary bakuto (or gambler, the precursors to modern-day yakuza). One of the two remaining segments of Ito’s original four-hour trilogy, it depicts Chuji’s attempt to save the geisha Oshina, a rebellion against the rigid social structure of Edo Japan. With socialist overtones, it’s a passionate artifact of early Japanese film.

Released Dec. 27, 1927 107 min None+

Genres: Drama

Keywords: tmdb.yakuza, imdb.yakuza, mdblist.belongs-to-collection, mdblist.collection-follow-up, aspectratio.1-33-1

Production Companies: Nikkatsu Corporation

Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese, No Language