Kagirinaki Zenshin

Kagirinaki Zenshin
Directed by	Tomu Uchida
Written by	Yasutarō Yagi (screenplay) Yasujirō Ozu (story idea)
Starring	Isamu Kosugi Hisako Takihana Yukiko Todoroki Ureo Egawa
Cinematography	Michio Hekikawa
Music by	Eiichi Yamada
Production company	Nikkatsu
Release date	3 November 1937 (1937-11-03) (Japan)[1][2]
Running time	99 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Kagirinaki Zenshin (限りなき前進, lit. "Limitless advance") is a 1937 Japanese drama film by Tomu Uchida based on an original idea by Yasujirō Ozu.

Plot

The protagonist, Tokumaru, is laid off from his corporate job. Unable to accept this, he convinces himself that he has actually been promoted instead. He begins to show up at work, acting like an important man and embarrassing his family and former co-workers.[3]

Cast

• Isamu Kosugi
• Hisako Takihana
• Yukiko Todoroki
• Ureo Egawa

Legacy

Dai-bosatsu tōge was screened in a surviving incomplete print of 74 minutes length in the Museum of Modern Art as part of a retrospective on Tomu Uchida in 2016.[4]

Awards

Kagirinaki Zenshin received the 1938 Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film.[5]

References

1. "限りなき前進". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 July 2023.
2. "限りなき前進". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 July 2023.
3. Hotta, Eri (2013). Japan 1941. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-307-59401-3.
4. "Kagirinaki zenshin (Unending Advance). 1937. Directed by Tomu Uchida". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
5. "Kinema Junpo Awards 1938". IMDb. Retrieved 13 October 2012.

External links

• Kagirinaki Zenshin at IMDb