The Day Before (1939)

Drama
History

A forceful indictment of the devastating effects of war and nationalistic fanaticism on the average man, who, in the face of the absurdity of violence, is reduced to apathy or victimhood.

Cast

Sentaro Takikawa
Chōjūrō Kawarasaki
Hikotaro
Kan'emon Nakamura
Kiemon Yanagiya
Y Yoshizaburo Arashi
T Toshio Arashi
Toshimaro Yoshida
M Minoru Bando
Teizo Miyabe
C Chōemon Bandō
E Ebizaburo Ichikawa
Shobei Mogi
E Enji Ichikawa
I Iwagoro Ichikawa
K Kikunosuke Ichikawa
Osaki
Isuzu Yamada
Yoshie Todo
Sachiko Chiba
Otsu
Hideko Takamine
Omasa
Tamae Kiyokawa
Hikobei
S Sukezō Sukedakaya
Tokubei
T Tsuruzo Nakamura
Toma Yasuda
K Kosaburō Tachibana
Kyohei Matsunaga
S Sensho Ichikawa

Crew

Director
R Ryō Hagiwara
Writer
K Kinpachi Kajiwara
Art Direction
Y Yasuhide Kato
Producer
M Masanobu Takeyama
Story
Sadao Yamanaka
Editor
T Toshio Goto
Director of Photography
K Kikuzō Kawasaki
Writer
S Seikan Doi
Writer
S Shigeji Fujii
Writer
R Ryō Hagiwara
Writer
Hiroshi Inagaki
Writer
S Shintarō Mimura
Writer
Eisuke Takizawa
Writer
F Fuji Yahiro
Original Music Composer
T Tadashi Ota