First Steps Ashore

• 7.0 Drama
• 1932-04-14
• 88 minutes mins

Early Japanese sound film, a remake of Josef von Sternberg’s DOCKS OF NEW YORK set in Yokohama.

Starring:

Yaeko Mizutani (Sato) Joji Oka (Sakata) Shin'yō Nara (Masa) Ureo Egawa (Shige) Reikichi Kawamura (Nozawa) Chōko Iida (Mistress of hotel) Mitsuko Yoshikawa (Mrs. in the Tavern) Ranko Sawa (Mistress politics) Shintarô Takiguchi (Head of the boys) Sôtarô Okada (Detective)

Director:

Yasujirō Shimazu

Writer:

Komatsu Kitamura