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

Details

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

Yūzō Hayakawa

Kazahaya

Yoshio Takee

Yusa

Sachiko Meguro

Mrs. Yusa

Kazuko Fushimi

Aiko