What Made Her Do It?

What Made Her Do It?
Theatrical Poster
Japanese name
Kanji何が彼女をそうさせたか
Directed byShigeyoshi Suzuki
Written byShigeyoshi Suzuki
Based on
  • That Girl Sumiko, What Made Her Do It?
  • by Seikichi Fujimori
Produced byTeikoku Kinema Engei
Starring
  • Keiko Takatsu
  • Rintarō Fujima
  • Yōyō Kojima
  • Hidekatsu Maki
CinematographySeiji Tsukakoshi
Production
company
Teikoku Kinema Engei
Distributed byKinokuniya
Release date
  • 6 February 1930 (1930-02-06) (Japan)[1][2]
Running time
  • 3,019 meters (original version)
  • 78 minutes (restored version)
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

What Made Her Do It? (何が彼女をそうさせたか, Nani ga kanojo o sō saseta ka) is a 1930 Japanese silent film directed by Shigeyoshi Suzuki. It was the top-grossing Japanese film of the silent era.[3][4] Notable as an example of the tendency film genre, it reportedly caused a riot upon its showing in Tokyo's Asakusa district.[3]

  1. ^ "何が彼女をそうさせたか". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  2. ^ "何が彼女をそうさせたか". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  3. ^ a b Anderson, Joseph L.; Richie, Donald (1982). The Japanese Film: Art and Industry (Expanded ed.). Princeton (N.J.): Princeton University Press. p. 68. ISBN 0691007926. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  4. ^ Richie, Donald (2005). A hundred years of Japanese film : a concise history, with selective guide to videos and DVDs/ Donald Richie (Revised ed.). Tokyo, New York, London: Kodansha International. p. 91. ISBN 4770029950. Retrieved 12 December 2017.