A Straightforward Boy (1929)
Tokkan kozô (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 38min
- Short, Comedy
- 24 Nov 1929 (Japan)
- Short
A kidnapped boy proves to be more than his abductor can handle.
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Tatsuo Saitô | ... |
Bunkichi, a kidnapper
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Tomio Aoki | ... |
Tetsubo
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Takeshi Sakamoto | ... |
Boss Gontora
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Directed by
Yasujirô Ozu |
Written by
O. Henry | ... | (story "The Ransom of Red Chief") |
Tadao Ikeda | ... | (writer) |
Chuji Nozu | ... | (story) |
Cinematography by
Kô Nomura |
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- Asakusa Teikokukan (1929) (Japan) (theatrical)
- The Criterion Channel (2019) (United States) (tv) (digital)
- The Criterion Collection (2017) (United States) (Blu-ray) (fourteen surviving minutes)
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Did You Know?
Trivia | This was released (sourced from what remains of the film in a 14-minute fragment off of a 35mm print) on the Criterion Blu-ray disc for Good Morning (1959). See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Transcendental Style and Flatulence (2017). See more » |