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Broken Blossoms

1959Movie1 h 18 min

49

MediocreGoodWatch score

49

MediocreGoodWatch score

Summary

War drama about army nurses.

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At a glance

Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 39GoodWatch 50
IMDb3.9
Running time
1 h 18 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 dramas, −31 min on the typical 109
typical 10978
Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Released
1959
February 25, 1959
67 years ago
Genres
DramaWar
Language
Japanese
Original language
Made in
Japan
16 of 16
Directing · 2
Teruo Ishii Director, Writer
Gyoji Shimomura Assistant Director
Writing · 1
Kōhan Kawauchi Writer
Production · 2
Mitsugi Okura Executive Producer
Akira Sagawa Development Manager
Camera · 1
Jugyo Yoshida Director of Photography
Editing · 1
Hideo Kashima Editor
Sound · 2
Chumei Watanabe Original Music Composer
Kazuo Takeguchi Sound Recordist
Art · 1
Masatoshi Katō Art Direction
Lighting · 1
Akira Yaguchi Lighting Technician

Tropes

Chastity Couplein 104 titlesCheng's love is "a pure and holy thing" (a line straight from the original text).The Golden RuleRare · in 20 titlesAt the beginning of the movie, Cheng quotes this as a precept of the Buddha's to two white men who are fighting.All 39 tropes

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