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Japanese Film Festival: Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth A Million Ryō (丹下左膳余話 百万両の壺)
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Sat 1 Nov 2:00 PM
Arc Cinema
Allocated Seating
All Ages
92 Mins | Japanese Film Festival November
1935 | 4K Digital Restoration | JPN | D: Sadao Yamanaka | Japanese with English subtitles
A seemingly worthless 1family heirloom—a battered kokezaru pot—suddenly becomes the object of frenzied pursuit when it’s rumoured to contain a hidden map to a treasure worth one million ryō. But unbeknownst to the pursuers, the pot is in the care of an orphaned boy named Chobi-yasu, who uses it to house his goldfish. As rival clans, frustrated samurai and scheming relatives chase the pot across Edo, fate throws the gruff, one-armed swordsman Tange Sazen and the sharp-tongued Ofuji into the unlikely role of guardians to Chobi-yasu.
With its slapstick charm, fast-paced antics and sincere emotional beats, Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryō is less about riches and more about the joyful chaos of human connection. Full of warmth and wit, director Sadao Yamanaka's genre-defying comedy is an enduring classic of Japan’s early sound era.
A seemingly worthless 1family heirloom—a battered kokezaru pot—suddenly becomes the object of frenzied pursuit when it’s rumoured to contain a hidden map to a treasure worth one million ryō. But unbeknownst to the pursuers, the pot is in the care of an orphaned boy named Chobi-yasu, who uses it to house his goldfish. As rival clans, frustrated samurai and scheming relatives chase the pot across Edo, fate throws the gruff, one-armed swordsman Tange Sazen and the sharp-tongued Ofuji into the unlikely role of guardians to Chobi-yasu.
With its slapstick charm, fast-paced antics and sincere emotional beats, Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryō is less about riches and more about the joyful chaos of human connection. Full of warmth and wit, director Sadao Yamanaka's genre-defying comedy is an enduring classic of Japan’s early sound era.
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