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The Golden Demon
Overview
Tokyo, 1890. Through avarice, a series of misunderstandings, and failures of courage, the engagement of Kan-ichi (a student) and Miya (the daughter of Kan-ichi's debtor) is canceled to enable Miya to marry Tomiyama, a wealthy banker's son. In bitter despair, Kan-ichi breaks with his friends, drops his studies, and declares he has ceased to be human. He apprentices to a money-lender, and he's soon ruthless and wealthy. Several years later, Miya's in misery, her husband mistreats her. She goes to Kan-ichi to beg forgiveness; he pushes her away. He's now pursued by Akagashi, herself a cold-hearted loan shark. Can anything free Kan-ichi's hard heart from the golden demon
Status
Released
Production Companies
Daiei Film
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The Golden Demon
Top Cast
Jun Negami
Kan-ichi
Fujiko Yamamoto
Miya
Kenji Sugawara
Arao
Mitsuko Mito
Akagashi
Eiji Funakoshi
Tomiyama
Shizue Natsukawa
Mrs. Minowa
Kumeko Urabe
Tose
Kinzō Shin
Shigisawa
Chikako Hosokawa
Shigisawa's wife
Shiko Saito
Wanibuchi
Teppei Endō
Mr. Minowa
Jun Miyazaki
Kamata
