Song of Home
Sep 16, 1925 · 50m
Director
Kenji MizoguchiOverview
Mizoguchi’s 30th film is the earliest surviving example of his work, and his only film of the 1920s to survive complete. Song of Home finds the director already concerning himself with the collision of traditional and modern values. The film is structured around the contrast of two country-bred boys: a coach driver who has never left his home, and a student who returns from Tokyo with city-slicker affectations and Western jazz records. Produced by the Ministry of Education, the film has a simplistic lesson-plan at its heart, but what lingers in the mind after viewing are its more ineffable qualities: The dulcet, lyric, evocation of a disappeared rural past.
Cast of Song of Home
Shigeru KidoNaotaro Takeda- Masujirô TakagiNaotaro's father
- Sueko ItoNaotaro's mother
- Mineko TsujiOkinu
- Kentaro KawamataJunichi Okamoto
- Shiro KatoJunichi's father
- Shizue MatsumotoJunichi's mother
- Michiko TachibanaTaro Maesaka
- Hiromichi KawataElementary school principal
- Ichirō ShibayamaSchool inspector
Yutaka MimasuAmerican scholar- Fusako Hoshi
Crew of Song of Home
About Song of Home
What is Song of Home about?
Mizoguchi’s 30th film is the earliest surviving example of his work, and his only film of the 1920s to survive complete. Song of Home finds the director already concerning himself with the collision of traditional and modern values. The film is structured around the contrast of two country-bred boys: a coach driver who has never left his home, and a student who returns from Tokyo with…
When was Song of Home released?
Song of Home was released on September 16, 1925.
How long is Song of Home?
Song of Home runs 50 minutes.
Who directed Song of Home?
Song of Home was directed by Kenji Mizoguchi.
Who is in the cast of Song of Home?
The cast of Song of Home includes Shigeru Kido (Naotaro Takeda), Masujirô Takagi (Naotaro's father), Sueko Ito (Naotaro's mother), Mineko Tsuji (Okinu) and Kentaro Kawamata (Junichi Okamoto).