Unending Advance

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.

Cast

Isamu Kosugi

Hisako Takihana

Yukiko Todoroki

Ureo Egawa

Akihiko Katayama

Y

Yoko Benisawa

K

Kisao Tobita

Bontarō Miake

R

Ryôichi Kikuchi

H

Hideo Nakamura

Y

Yukichi Kamishiro

Y

Yûji Azuma

R

Ryuji Kita

S

Sanemon Suzuki

Mantarō Ushio