Film

Unending Advance

1937 · 1h 39m · Drama

IMDb

7.5

One of Uchida’s early sound films, Unending Advance is based on a curious story by Yasujiro Ozu, in which an examination of the quotidian problems of a middle-aged salaryman and his family segues into an idyllic dream of an implausible future. The surviving print, although incomplete, offers an essential glimpse into Uchida’s prewar period, when he was associated more with realist dramas than with the period films that dominated his work after the war.

Isamu Kosugi

Hisako Takihana

Yukiko Todoroki

Ureo Egawa

Akihiko Katayama

Yoko Benisawa

Kisao Tobita

Bontarō Miake

Ryôichi Kikuchi

Hideo Nakamura

Yukichi Kamishiro

Yûji Azuma

Ryuji Kita

Sanemon Suzuki

Mantarō Ushio

• Tomu UchidaDirector
• Yasutaro YagiWriter
• Yasujirō OzuStory
• Michio MidorikawaDirector of Photography
• Eiichi YamadaOriginal Music Composer

Release date

November 3, 1937

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 39m

Genres

Drama