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The Water Magician

7.319331h 39mMovieDramaRomanceCrime

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.…

DirectorKenji Mizoguchi
WritersYasunaga Higashibōjō·Shinji Masuda
ProducersTakako Irie·Yoshizo Mogi

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Not available in Australia
Streaming in 1 other country

The Water Magician isn't on any streaming service in Australia right now, but it's available in Japan. Streaming rights are licensed per country.

Cast · Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi

TITakako Irie
Takako Irie
Taki no Shiraito
TOTokihiko Okada
Tokihiko Okada
Kinya Murakoshi
ISIchirō Sugai
Ichirō Sugai
Gozô Iwabuchi
BMBontarō Miake
Bontarō Miake
Shinzô
KUKumeko Urabe
Kumeko Urabe
Ogin
ST
Suzuko Taki
Nadeshiko
KÔ
Kôji Ôizumi
Kenji
JO
Joe Ohara
Tanjirô
EO
Etsuzô Oki
Old Detective
NK
Nobuo Kosaka
Detective Takamura
HM
Hirotoshi Murata
Nankin

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