Atarashiki tsuchi (1937) DVD-R

Starring Setsuko Hara, Ruth Eweler, Sessue Hayakawa, Isamu Kosugi, Eiji Takagi,Haruyo Ichikawa
Paul Page
Directed by Arnold Fanck, Mansaku Itami

Print: Black and White
Runtime: 120 min
Genre: Drama,Romance

Yamato Teruo (Isamu Kosugi) returns to Japan after spending six years at an agricultural college in Germany. Teruo is the adopted son of an old samurai family, and is expected to marry the eldest daughter, Mitsuko (Setsuko Hara). However, Teruo has become infected with the idea of Western individualism during his stay in Europe, and refuses to bow to the demands of society. Instead, he confounds his future father-in-law Yamato Iwao (Sessue Hayakawa) by announcing that he intends to marry a German journalist, Gerda Storm (Ruth Eweler), whom he met on the ship back to Japan. Gerda, however, is a blond, chaste, Aryan woman, and will not agree to a mixed-race relationship. She attempts to convince him of his duty to the Japanese race and traditions and to reconcile him with his family.