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The Day Before

10.019391h 27mMovieDramaHistory

A forceful indictment of the devastating effects of war and nationalistic fanaticism on the average man, who, in the face of the absurdity of violence, is reduced to apathy or victimhood.

DirectorRyō Hagiwara
WritersSadao Yamanaka·Kinpachi Kajiwara
ProducerMasanobu Takeyama

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Cast · Directed by Ryō Hagiwara

CKChōjūrō Kawarasaki
Chōjūrō Kawarasaki
Sentaro Takikawa
KNKan'emon Nakamura
Kan'emon Nakamura
Hikotaro
IYIsuzu Yamada
Isuzu Yamada
Osaki
SCSachiko Chiba
Sachiko Chiba
Yoshie Todo
HTHideko Takamine
Hideko Takamine
Otsu
TKTamae Kiyokawa
Tamae Kiyokawa
Omasa
SS
Sukezō Sukedakaya
Hikobei
TN
Tsuruzo Nakamura
Tokubei
KT
Kosaburō Tachibana
Toma Yasuda
SI
Sensho Ichikawa
Kyohei Matsunaga
YA
Yoshizaburo Arashi
Kiemon Yanagiya
TA
Toshio Arashi

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The Day Before hasn't started streaming in United Kingdom yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around December 8, 1939. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.