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Demon Thistle

Original Title: Oni Azami

192714m

Status

Released

Release

1927

Runtime

14m

Storyline

The vast majority of the commercial films made by Kinugasa in the 1920s have, like almost all Japanese films of the period, been lost. Even a fragmentary survival such as Oni azami is to be celebrated – the more so since the film marked the first of many appearances by popular star Chojiro Hayashi (1908-84) in Kinugasa films. The original story of Oni azami is credited to Fred Niblo, the American director of Blood and Sand (1922) and Ben-Hur (1925). It derives from The Red Lily (1924), a Ramón Novarro vehicle that had been a great success on its release in Japan.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
14m
Jan 1, 1927
Languages
No Language
Director
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Production
Kinugasa Eiga Renmei
Kinugasa Eiga Renmei
Shochiku Shimokamo
Shochiku Shimokamo
Production Countries
Japan

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