A Descendant of Urashima Taro
Reputedly based on Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Descendant of Tarô Urashima is about a repatriated soldier who becomes populist politician in the Japanese Happiness Party.
Reputedly based on Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Descendant of Tarô Urashima is about a repatriated soldier who becomes populist politician in the Japanese Happiness Party.
Susumu Fujita
Goro Urashima
Hideko Takamine
Akako Tatsuta
Hisako Yamane
Otoko Goda
Ichirō Sugai
Eitarō Shindō
Tokue Hanazawa
Fusae Iida
Hideko Yanoshima
Chiyoko Shikano
Dancing girl
Reputedly based on Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Descendant of Tarô Urashima is about a repatriated soldier who becomes populist politician in the Japanese Happiness Party.
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