Mr. Thank You
Mr. Thank You | |
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Directed by | Hiroshi Shimizu |
Written by |
Hiroshi Shimizu (screenplay) Yasunari Kawabata (novel) |
Starring |
Ken Uehara Takashi Ishiyama Michiko Kuwano |
Music by | Keizô Horiuchi |
Cinematography | Isamu Aoki |
Release date |
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Running time | 1h 18min |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Mr. Thank You (有りがたうさん Arigatō-san) is a 1936 Japanese drama film directed by Hiroshi Shimizu.[1][2] It is based on a short story by the Nobel Prize-winning novelist, Yasunari Kawabata.[3]
Synopsis
A driver, nicknamed Mr. Thank You, due to his gratitude whenever his bus is let to pass on the narrow road, drives the people on board from the rural city of Izu to the faraway city of Tokyo, with a various number of reasons for their desire to get to Tokyo.
Cast
- Ken Uehara as Mr. Thank You
- Michiko Kuwano as Woman in black collar
- Mayumi Tsukiji as Girl being sold
- Kaoru Futaba as Girl's mother
- Setsuko Shinobu as Daughter of man who returned from Tokyo
- Ryuji Ishiyama as Gentleman with beard
References
- ↑ "Arigato-san". BFI.
- ↑ "Mr. Thank You (1936) - The Criterion Collection". criterion.com. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
- ↑ Koresky, Michael. "Eclipse Series 15: Travels with Hiroshi Shimizu". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
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