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The Water Magician
The Water Magician
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THE WATER MAGICIAN

滝の白糸 | Taki no Shiraito

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
Japan, 1933
Drama

Synopsis

Taki no Shiraito performs a famous water juggling act in a traveling carnival troupe. She falls in love with an orphaned carriage driver Kinya Murakoshi, and pledges to put him through law school in Tokyo, until one hard winter there is no work to be found.

Synopsis

Taki no Shiraito performs a famous water juggling act in a traveling carnival troupe. She falls in love with an orphaned carriage driver Kinya Murakoshi, and pledges to put him through law school in Tokyo, until one hard winter there is no work to be found.