Jean Valjean: Part One (1931)

Release Date: 1931-02-17
Runtime: 1h 36min
Production Company: Nikkatsu Uzumasa
Production Country: Japan
Director: Tomu Uchida

The first part of a fascinating melodrama based on Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, the action of which is transferred to the era of the Meiji Revolution. The film has not survived.