Charming Men

1970 1h 27m JA

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9.0

MASTERPIECE

★9.0TMDB · 1

Comedy

Synopsis

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One day, when Goro (Kiyoshi Atsumi) returns to his poor tenement house from a trip on a deep-sea tuna boat, his neighbor's daughter Haruko (Mitsuko Baisho) also returns from the juvenile classification center on the same day. However, at a welcome party held by Goro for Haruko, a drunk friend crashes into Haruko's house with a dump truck and is forced to leave. Goro plans to marry Haruko to a rich man and force her to pay dowry, but...

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kiyoshi Atsumi
Okera Goro
Mitsuko Baisho
Haruko
Ichirō Zaitsu
Akira Terao
Tamio
Hideko Okiyama
Ginko
Jun Hamamura
Kikumatsu
Hisao Dazai
Gentaro
Joe Shishido
Kobe Saburo

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Azuma Morisaki
Writers: Azuma Morisaki, Isao Kumagai, Masao Kajiura
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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87 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 7

ERA

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56 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Naozumi Yamamoto. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Kiyoshi Atsumi and Mitsuko Baisho and Ichirō Zaitsu carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0366676 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Azuma Morisaki directs. Naozumi Yamamoto scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

187 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
256 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Original score by Naozumi Yamamoto. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Kiyoshi Atsumi and Mitsuko Baisho and Ichirō Zaitsu carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0366676 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.