Inoue was something of a rarity in the sense, that he was a Shochiku house director who seems to have worked mostly in period films, often with big stars like Hasegawa or Bando. "Sumidagawa", named after the river that runs through Tokyo, is also a period film, but thematically a modern one. All the themes that you associate with the normal Shochiku women's films set in the present day are in this film, just in a different context: love, the planning of a marriage, career, family relations and societal melancholy. There is no action or swordplay.
Ukihashi
El 14 de Marzo de 1701, en la real capital de Edo, el señor feudal Asano ataca al señor Kiru mientras se encuentra en tierra sagrada. A causa de esta grave ofensa, Asano es obligado a hacerse el harakiri. Sin embargo, 47 de sus samuráis juran vengar a su amo. Estrenada en dos partes en Japón, la primera de 112 minutos el 1 de diciembre de 1941 y la segunda de 111 minutos el 11 de febrero de 1942. (FILMAFFINITY)
