Unending Advance

One of Uchida’s early sound films, Unending Advance is based on a curious story by Yasujiro Ozu, in which an examination of the quotidian problems of a middle-aged salaryman and his family segues into an idyllic dream of an implausible future. The surviving print, although incomplete, offers an essential glimpse into Uchida’s prewar period, when he was associated more with realist dramas than with the period films that dominated his work after the war.

Country:

Japan

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

99 minutes

Year:

1937

Director:

Tomu Uchida

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Company:

Nikkatsu Corporation

Cast:
Isamu Kosugi

Hisako Takihana

Yukiko Todoroki

Ureo Egawa

Akihiko Katayama

Crew:
Tomu Uchida

Director

Eiichi Yamada

Music

Yasujirō Ozu

Story

Yasutaro Yagi

Writer

Michio Midorikawa

Director of Photography