Kosuzume Pass

1923 ActionHistory 39 minutes Directed by Kôroku Numata

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About Kosuzume Pass

Orphan Tokutaro sells candy in the street and hums a song he learned from his mother. One day he meets thieves on the road. The catalog says that meeting changes their lives, and it stops there.

Cast & crew

More about Kosuzume Pass

The catalog spells the director Kôroku Numata. Wikidata uses Kōroku Numata, and Wikipedia uses Koroku Numata. Makino produced it in 1923, and Wikidata lists 39 minutes.

Themes

  • an orphan candy seller
  • a mother's song
  • a meeting with thieves
  • Tokutaro
  • Kosuzume Pass
  • candy vendor
  • thieves

Preservation

Wikipedia treats the film as extant, and as the oldest surviving picture with Tsumasaburo Bando.

Notes

  • Wikipedia calls this the oldest surviving film with jidaigeki star Tsumasaburo Bando, who has a minor role.
  • Wikipedia says period-drama star Banya Ichikawa leads. The catalog bills Tamatarô Ichikawa.
  • Shinpei Takagi is the cast name on both the catalog and Wikidata.
  • The catalog also bills Ichitarô Kataoka, Shizuko Mori, and Kikuya Okada.
  • Wikipedia describes the print as black and white and silent.

Scenes

  • Tokutaro hawks candy while humming the song his mother taught him.

Also available

  • Internet Archive (silent-kosuzume-tge)