A Descendant of Urashima Taro

Reputedly based on Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Descendant of Tarô Urashima is about a repatriated soldier who becomes populist politician in the Japanese Happiness Party.

Director: Mikio Naruse

Cast: Susumu Fujita, Hideko Takamine, Hisako Yamane, Ichirō Sugai, Eitarō Shindō, Tokue Hanazawa, Fusae Iida, Hideko Yanoshima

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.