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Nani ga kanojo o sô saseta ka
Also known as [What Made Her Do It?]
(1930) Japan
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Shigeyoshi Suzuki

Cast: Keiko Takatsu [Sumiko Nakamura], Rintarô Fujima [Akimitsu Hasegawa], Yôyô Kojima [Sahei Sakamoto], Eishô Maki (Hidekatsu Maki) [Hara], Itaru Hamada [Tetsuzo Ogawa, the circus manager], Takashi Asano [Kanta Yamada, Sumiko’s uncle], Saburô Ôno [Police Sergeant Yamashita], Kangyô Nakamura [master of the pawnshop], Kôemon Kataoka [Tamai, the old man], Ryuujin Unno [Shintarô Ichikawa], Tamako Nijô [Hideko Akiyama, prefectural assemblywoman], Chieko Sono [Osada, Yamada’s wife], Shizuko Ozaki [Umeko Yazawa], Eiko Aida (Eiko Hazama) [Okaku Shimamura]

Teikoku Kinema Engei production. / Scenario by Shigeyoshi Suzuki, from a play by Seikichi Fujimori. Assistant director, Sotoji Kimura. Cinematography by Seiji Tsukakoshi. / Released 6 February 1930. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / [?] Silent film?

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists [?] in the Gosfilmofond film archive?

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Listing updated: 12 April 2024.

References: Sato-Currents p. 253 : Website-IMDb.