The Golden Demon
金色夜叉
Release: 1954-03-21
·Runtime: 95m
Drama
Tokyo, 1890. Through avarice, a series of misunderstandings, and failures of courage, the engagement of Kan-ichi (a student) and Miya (the daughter of Kan-ichi's debtor) is canceled to enable Miya to marry Tomiyama, a wealthy banker's son. In bitter despair, Kan-ichi breaks with his friends, drops his studies, and declares he has ceased to be human. He apprentices to a money-lender, and he's soon ruthless and wealthy. Several years later, Miya's in misery, her husband mistreats her. She goes to Kan-ichi to beg forgiveness; he pushes her away. He's now pursued by Akagashi, herself a cold-hearted loan shark. Can anything free Kan-ichi's hard heart from the golden demon
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Daiei Film
Cast
Yoshio Takee
as Yusa
Shizue Natsukawa
as Mrs. Minowa
Chikako Hosokawa
as Shigisawa's wife
Yūzō Hayakawa
as Kazahaya
Kenji Sugawara
as Arao
Mitsuko Mito
as Akagashi
Kazuko Fushimi
as Aiko
Jun Negami
as Kan-ichi
Eiji Funakoshi
as Tomiyama
Kumeko Urabe
as Tose
Kinzō Shin
as Shigisawa
Fujiko Yamamoto
as Miya
Sachiko Meguro
as Mrs. Yusa
