Demon Thistle
The vast majority of the commercial films made by Kinugasa in the 1920s have, like almost all Japanese films of the period, been lost. Even a fragmentary survival such as Oni azami is to be celebrated – the more so since the film marked the first of many appearances by popular star Chojiro Hayashi (1908-84) in Kinugasa films. The original story of Oni azami is credited to Fred Niblo, the American director of Blood and Sand (1922) and Ben-Hur (1925). It derives from The Red Lily (1924), a Ramón Novarro vehicle that had been a great success on its release in Japan.
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Teinosuke Kinugasa Director · Taizō Fuyushima Screenplay Fred Niblo Story
First release January 1, 1927 · Produced in Japan · Production Shochiku Shimokamo
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Kinugasa Eiga Renmei
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Shochiku Shimokamo
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Original title
Oni Azami
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No dialogue
Release dates
Japan · January 1, 1927
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No release date listed for United States.
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