
Chuji's Travel Diary: The Chuji Patrol Episode
Drama
Overview
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.
Top Cast


Denjirō Ōkōchi
Denjirō Ōkōchi
Chuji Kunisada
Denjirō Ōkōchi
Chuji Kunisada
Hideo Nakamura
Hideo Nakamura
Hideo Nakamura
Kichiji Nakamura
Kichiji Nakamura
Kichiji Nakamura
Seinosuke Sakamoto
Seinosuke Sakamoto
Seinosuke Sakamoto
Motoharu Isokawa
Motoharu Isokawa
Motoharu Isokawa


Ranko Sawa
Ranko Sawa
Ranko Sawa
Ko Yamamuro
Ko Yamamuro
Ko Yamamuro
Nobuko Akitsuki
Nobuko Akitsuki
Nobuko Akitsuki


Kajō Onoe
Kajō Onoe
Kajō Onoe
Koka Nakamura
Koka Nakamura
Koka Nakamura
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