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Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo

Original title: Tange Sazen yowa: Hyakuman ryô no tsubo
  • 19351935
  • 1h 32m
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Tange Sazen yowa: Hyakuman ryô no tsubo (1935)
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A man gets rid of a cheap pot without knowing it contains a map to a treasure. As word spreads, many join in hunting it.A man gets rid of a cheap pot without knowing it contains a map to a treasure. As word spreads, many join in hunting it.A man gets rid of a cheap pot without knowing it contains a map to a treasure. As word spreads, many join in hunting it.
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1.1K
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  • Director
    • Sadao Yamanaka
  • Writer
    • Shintarô Mimura
  • Stars
    • Denjirô Ôkôchi
    • Kiyozo
    • Kunitarô Sawamura
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  • Director
    • Sadao Yamanaka
  • Writer
    • Shintarô Mimura
  • Stars
    • Denjirô Ôkôchi
    • Kiyozo
    • Kunitarô Sawamura
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    • 5User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
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    Tange Sazen yowa: Hyakuman ryô no tsubo (1935)
    Ranko Hanai and Kunitarô Sawamura in Tange Sazen yowa: Hyakuman ryô no tsubo (1935)
    Denjirô Ôkôchi in Tange Sazen yowa: Hyakuman ryô no tsubo (1935)
    Kiyozo and Denjirô Ôkôchi in Tange Sazen yowa: Hyakuman ryô no tsubo (1935)
    Tange Sazen yowa: Hyakuman ryô no tsubo (1935)

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    Denjirô Ôkôchi
    Denjirô Ôkôchi
    • Sazen Tangeas Sazen Tange
    Kiyozo
    • Ofujias Ofuji
    Kunitarô Sawamura
    • Genzaburo Yagyuas Genzaburo Yagyu
    Reizaburô Yamamoto
    Reizaburô Yamamoto
    • Yokichias Yokichi
    Minoru Takase
    • Shigejuas Shigeju
    Sôji Kiyokawa
    Sôji Kiyokawa
    • Shichibeias Shichibei
    Ranko Hanai
    Ranko Hanai
    • Oginoas Ogino
    • Director
      • Sadao Yamanaka
    • Writer
      • Shintarô Mimura
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    Storyline

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    The Yagyu family's elder son sends an old and cheap looking pot to his young brother, ignoring that the pot contains a map showing where it was hidden a treasure of a million ryo. He tries to recover it but his brother's wife has sold it to some junk dealers. Finally the pot ends up in Yasu's hands, a kid whose father was killed although Tange Sazen was supposed to protect him from in his way to home, so Tange Sazen will look after Yasu. —Melmoth
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    • Connections
      Followed by Sazen Tange: Masterpiece Sword (1962)

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    7/10
    Pots of Confusions
    A stingy lord learns an heirloom pot is painted with a map to a hoard that would make its owner the richest man in Japan. However, he has already given it to his brother as a cheap wedding gift; his wife has sold it to a junk dealer, who has given it to.... well, no one knows where it is, but as this funny comedy directed by Sadao Yamanaka progresses, more and more people learn of the pot's existence; they all cross paths with each other

    It's a Japanese version of THE TWELVE CHAIRS, originally a Russian comedy. The plot has been adapted at least twenty times over the years in many countries. In this version, not only is the situation funny, but the film is populated with characters who break the stereotypical roles. Not only is there the tight-fisted lord, but Denjirô Ôkôchi plays his one-eyed, one-armed ronin as a sentimental, henpecked kept man. There is also an incompetent dojo master dominated by his jealous wife, and some musical interludes played on the samizen.

    At more than an hour and a half, it may seem long for the lugubrious style of comedy that the Japanese preferred in this era. I found it to be well worth my time in its view of a Japan in which people are more human than the hard-as-nails cultural stereotypes that are better known.
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    • Release date
      • June 15, 1935 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Тангэ Садзэн слаб: горшок стоимостью в миллион рё
    • Production company
      • Nikkatsu
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 32 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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