The Water Magician

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The Water Magician
The Water Magician title card 1933.jpg
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Directed byKenji Mizoguchi
StarringTakako Irie
Tokihiko Okada
Ichirō Sugai
Kōju Murata
CinematographyShigeru Miki
Distributed byDigital MEME (DVD)
Release date
  • 1933 (1933)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

The Water Magician (滝の白糸, Taki no Shiraito) is a 1933 black and white Japanese silent film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi and based on a story by Kyōka Izumi. It is one of the most popular titles from the silent film work of Mizoguchi and tells a tragic love story which realistically depicts the beauty and strength of the women of the Meiji period. It is currently available with benshi accompaniment.

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