A Diary of Chuji's Travels (1927)

1927 film by Daisuke Itō

Released

1927

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

Genre

Samurai film, Jidaigeki (period dramas)

Director

Daisuke Itō

Screenplay

Daisuke Itō

Starring

Denjirō Ōkōchi

Production company

Nikkatsu

A Diary of Chuji's Travels (Japanese: 忠次旅日記, Hepburn: Chūji Tabi Nikki) is a silent Japanese jidaigeki made in 1927 starring Denjirō Ōkōchi and directed by Daisuke Itō. It was originally released in three parts, all of which were long thought to be lost until portions of the second part and much of the third part were discovered and restored in 1991. Since the film had once been voted in a 1959 Kinema Junpō poll as the best Japanese film of all time, its discovery was significant. At the time of its release, Itō was the leader of a new style of samurai films that featured outlaw heroes and fast-cut sword fighting scenes.

More films directed by Daisuke Itō

• Chōkon 1926
• Chuji’s Travel Diary I: Koshu tate hen 1927
• Chuji’s Travel Diary III: The Chuji Patrol Episode 1927
• Chuji’s Travel Diary II: Story of Bloody Shinshu 1927
• Kurama Tengu 1942
• Nitôryû kaigen 1943
• Five Men of Edo 1951
• Bakumatsu 1970

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q4656431 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.