Learn from Experience, Part One

Name: Learn from Experience, Part One
Director: Mikio Naruse
Genre: Drama
Released: 1937-10-01
Duration: 78 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Takako Irie, Chieko Takehisa, Yumeko Aizome, Minoru Takada, Heihachirō Ōkawa

Original title: 禍福前篇

6.7(6)19371h 18mJA

Directed by Mikio Naruse

Part of the Learn from Experience Collection

Wealthy young Toyomi and Shintaro are in love. However, Shintaro’s father is arranging for him to marry Yurie, the scion of an even wealthier family. The two lovers flee to Tokyo, but when Shintaro returns to proclaim his intent to marry Toyomi, his father browbeats him into attending the marriage meeting with Yurie. Part one of a two-part romance based on a story by noted author Kikuchi Kan.