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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 27-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Cast
Tomio Aoki
Masao
Hiroko Kawasaki
Young woman
Tokuji Kobayashi
Gentleman
Tatsuo Saitō
Shôzô
Takeshi Sakamoto
Yoshida
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Mikio Naruse
- Writers
- Takao Yanai, Mikio Naruse
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
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Did you know?
Fun facts 🍿
Cinephile deep dive
The take
Mikio Naruse directs. Shôjirô Sugimoto behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 27-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 296 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Directed by Mikio Naruse, shot by Shôjirô Sugimoto. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Tomio Aoki and Hiroko Kawasaki and Tokuji Kobayashi carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0020908 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Shôjirô Sugimoto
- Runtime
- 27 min · 0h 27m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- JA
Also by
Mikio Naruse
Production companies
Who made it
Shochiku
JP
Key crew
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- slapstick comedy
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1930-05-02
