Unending Advance (1937)
Overview
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.
Cast
Isamu Kosugi
Hisako Takihana
Yukiko Todoroki
Ureo Egawa
Akihiko Katayama
Bontarō Miake
Mantarō Ushio
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