A lost masterpiece: Hugo's revolution reborn in Meiji Japan, now vanished forever.
The second part of the melodrama based on the novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, the action of which is transferred to the era of the Meiji Revolution. The film has not survived.
Direction
Uchida's early vision before his 50-year masterpiece streak.
Production
Meiji-era sets recreating 19th century France via Japan.
Director
Tomu Uchida
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tomu Uchida directed over 80 films; this two-part adaptation of Les Misérables was among his earliest major works.
The 1931 Meiji setting wasn't arbitrary — Japan's own rapid modernization mirrored France's revolutionary upheaval that Hugo chronicled.
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