The Luck Which Touched the Leg

1930 1h 14m JA

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10.0

MASTERPIECE

★10.0TMDB · 1

Drama

Synopsis

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A salaryman finds some money in the street and gets a reward for returning it to its rightful owner. However his colleagues immediately start borrowing money and selling him things he doesn't need, much to his wife's annoyance. Considered to be a lost film.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Tatsuo Saitō
Kôtarô Furukawa
Mitsuko Yoshikawa
Toshiko, his Wife
Tomio Aoki
First son
Mitsuko Ichimura
First daughter
Takeshi Sakamoto
Section chief
Tokio Seki
Yoshimura, an old man
Teruo Môri
Yamano
Ichirō Tsukida
Ôi

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yasujirō Ozu
Writers: Kōgo Noda
Languages: Japanese, No Language
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 74-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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96 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Japanese, No Language.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Yasujirō Ozu, shot by Hideo Shigehara. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Tatsuo Saitō and Mitsuko Yoshikawa and Tomio Aoki carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0020652 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

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

Yasujirō Ozu directs. Hideo Shigehara behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese, No Language.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 74-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
296 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Japanese, No Language.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Yasujirō Ozu, shot by Hideo Shigehara. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Tatsuo Saitō and Mitsuko Yoshikawa and Tomio Aoki carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0020652 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.