Drama
Chuji's Travel Diary: Story of Bloody Shinshu
A Diary of Chuji's Travels is a silent Japanese jidaigeki made in 1927 starring Denjir艒 艑k艒chi and directed by Daisuke It艒. It was originally released in three parts, all of which were long thought to be lost until portions of the second part and much of the third part were discovered and restored in 1991. Since the film had once been voted in a 1959 Kinema Junp艒 poll as the best Japanese film of all time, its discovery was significant. At the time of its release, It艒 was the leader of a new style of samurai films that featured outlaw heroes and fast-cut sword fighting scenes.
