The Water Magician

(1933)

★ 7.3 IMDb · 20 votes

Genres: Drama, Romance, Crime

Year: 1933

Runtime: 100 мин

Country: Japan

Director: Кэндзи Мидзогути

Cast: 入江たか子, 岡田時彦, Итиро Сугай, 見明凡太朗, 浦辺粂子, Suzuko Taki, Kôji Ôizumi, ジョウ・オハラ, Etsuzô Oki, 小坂信夫

Plot

Taki no Shiraito is a very independent young woman with a famous water juggling act in a travelling carnival troupe. She falls in love with an orphaned carriage driver Kinya Murakoshi, and pledges to put him through law school in Tokyo. She always encloses money in her letters to him, until one hard winter there is no work to be found.