Unending Advance

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One of Uchida’s early sound films, Unending Advance is based on a curious story by Yasujiro Ozu, in which an examination of the quotidian problems of a middle-aged salaryman and his family segues into an idyllic dream of an implausible future. The surviving print, although incomplete, offers an essential glimpse into Uchida’s prewar period, when he was associated more with realist dramas than with the period films that dominated his work after the war.

Director

Tomu Uchida

Screenplay

Yasutaro Yagi

Music

Eiichi Yamada

Status

Released

Release date

03/11/1937

Original language

Japanese