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The Giant is a 1938 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Mansaku Itami and based on the famous five-part novel Les Misérables by French poet and novelist Victor Hugo. The film's setting was changed from France to Edo-period Japan.
Original Release
04/11/1938
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Denjirô Ôkôchi | Sampei / Onuma / Sankichi |
| Setsuko Hara | Chiyo |
| Sadao Maruyama | Yajiro Sogabe |
| Ryo Sayama | Ryoma Seike |
| Masako Tsutsumi | Okuni |
| Yuriko Hanabusa | Ofude |
| Shin Date | Presiding judge |
| Kei Imaizumi | Goro |
| Hinako Katagiri | Chiyo as a child |
| Nijiko Kiyokawa | Osen |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Denjirô Ôkôchi | Sampei / Onuma / Sankichi |
| Setsuko Hara | Chiyo |
| Sadao Maruyama | Yajiro Sogabe |
| Ryo Sayama | Ryoma Seike |
| Masako Tsutsumi | Okuni |
| Yuriko Hanabusa | Ofude |
| Shin Date | Presiding judge |
| Kei Imaizumi | Goro |
| Hinako Katagiri | Chiyo as a child |
| Nijiko Kiyokawa | Osen |
| Nobuo Kosaka | Kumakichi |
| Yoshio Kosugi | Naruto-ya |
| Ko Mihashi | Old Semba |
| Keiji Sakakida | Terao |
| Keiichi Shimada | Public prosecutor |
| Yo Shiomi | Osho (priest) |
| Osamu Takizawa | Old Seike |
| Kan Yanagiya | Yasuzo |
| Eiji Nakamura |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Nobuyoshi Morita | Producer |
