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Wasei kenka tomodachi

  • 19291929
  • 14m
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Atsushi Watanabe in Wasei kenka tomodachi (1929)
ShortComedy
A simple story of two friends who live together in a poor tenement and who share about everything in life, until they gallantly rescue a woman injured in a road accident.A simple story of two friends who live together in a poor tenement and who share about everything in life, until they gallantly rescue a woman injured in a road accident.A simple story of two friends who live together in a poor tenement and who share about everything in life, until they gallantly rescue a woman injured in a road accident.
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
293
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
660,065
103,199
  • Director
    • Yasujirô Ozu
  • Writer
    • Kôgo Noda
  • Stars
    • Atsushi Watanabe
    • Hisao Yoshitani
    • Eiko Takamatsu
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  • Director
    • Yasujirô Ozu
  • Writer
    • Kôgo Noda
  • Stars
    • Atsushi Watanabe
    • Hisao Yoshitani
    • Eiko Takamatsu
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    Atsushi Watanabe
    • Ryukichi
    Hisao Yoshitani
    • Yoshizo
    Eiko Takamatsu
    • Omitsu
    Tomoko Naniwa
    Ichirô Okuni
    Nobuko Wakaba
    Ichirô Yûki
    • Director
      • Yasujirô Ozu
    • Writer
      • Kôgo Noda
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    6/10
    Is Ozu Doing Laurel & Hardy?
    Atsushi Watanabe and Hisao Yoshitani Hisao Yoshitani are best friends. They share everything in their cramped apartment, from individual eggs to goldfish. Yet when they rescue Eiko Takamatsu from almost running her over, they discover that they can't share her.

    I'd like to think that Yasujiro Ozu was directing this short under the influence of the Laurel & Hardy comedies, but Fat-and-Thin buddy pairs were not new to cinema, and the sort of gags he offers seem to be simultaneously more absurd and grounded than the practiced slapstick and offered by Hal Roach's two rising superstars. Some of the gags seem to reference Buster Keaton's early shorts. Perhaps that is simply Ozu's Japanese nature coming through, and his feeling that friends would not quarrel over the sort of thing they had been doing since day one, but only if something changed the equation. In any case, it's pleasant enough.

    Although he is not listed in the IMDb credits, I thought I spotted Chishu Ryu as the buddies' supervisor.
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    • Release date
      • July 5, 1929 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • None
    • Also known as
      • Fighting Friends
    • Production company
      • Shochiku Kinema (Kamata)
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    • Runtime
      14 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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