A Descendant of Urashima Taro

Name: A Descendant of Urashima Taro
Director: Mikio Naruse
Genre: Drama
Released: 1946-03-28
Duration: 1 h 22 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Susumu Fujita, Hideko Takamine, Hisako Yamane, Ichirō Sugai, Eitarō Shindō

1946

1h 22m

Drama

Director: Mikio Naruse

Writer: Ryuichiro Yagi

Overview

Reputedly based on Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Descendant of Tarô Urashima is about a repatriated soldier who becomes populist politician in the Japanese Happiness Party.