Chuji's Travel Diary: The Chuji Patrol Episode

• Movies
• 1927-12-27
• JA
• Released
• 2h 47m
• JP
• Drama

• 7.3
• 9

Production

Nikkatsu Corporation

Storyline

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.