Lord for a Night
7.5
In 1887, two businessmen, Echigo-ya and Kitahara, compete for railroad construction authorization from the government. The minister states that a local noble must not object, and his missing younger brother is the only one who could sway him. Meanwhile, Omitsu, a hotel employee tired of Echigo-ya’s wife’s arrogance, teams up with Kitahara to stage a scheme where a vagrant young man pretends to be the noble’s lost brother, aiming to trick and embarrass the wealthy woman.
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Kazuo Hasegawa
Known for
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Gate of Hell
Hideko Takamine
Known for
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Floating Clouds
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Also in
Konishi Junsa
The Living Corpse
Susumu Fujita
Known for
The Hidden Fortress
Sanshiro Sugata
Denjirō Ōkōchi
Known for
Sanshiro Sugata
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
Isuzu Yamada
Known for
Throne of Blood
Yojimbo
Denjirô Ôkôchi
Chōko Iida
Known for
The Only Son
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
Mitsuko Yoshikawa
Known for
I Was Born, But...
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
Takashi Shimura
Known for
Seven Samurai
Ikiru
Ichirō Sugai
Known for
Sansho the Bailiff
The Life of Oharu
Sōji Kiyokawa
Known for
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
Teinosuke Kinugasa Director · Hideo Oguni Screenplay Kikuzō Kawasaki Cinematographer
First release July 11, 1946 · Produced in Japan · Original title 或る夜の殿様
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TOHO
Production
Japan
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Original title
或る夜の殿様
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · July 11, 1946
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No release date listed for United States.
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