Sonno Joi
Sonno Joi
1927, Japanese. Directed by Tomiyasu Ikeda.
For nearly 300 years, Japan had been hermetically sealed to the outside world. When, in that pivotal year of 1854, the American Admiral Perry took the direct approach that the Dutch had been unwilling to take, the ruling Shogun knew that the dynasty was over. As the shogun began to open up to the outside world, the Sonno Joi movement called for this to be reversed...
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- Japanese
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- Released
- 1 October 1927
- Original title
- 建国史 尊王攘夷
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Tomiyasu Ikeda
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Who directed Sonno Joi?
Sonno Joi (1927) was directed by Tomiyasu Ikeda and stars Denjirō Ōkōchi, Tamitaro Onoe, Haruko Sawamura.