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Release date. 15 June 1935. Running time. 92 minutes. Country. Japan. Language. Japanese. The Million Ryo Pot [a] is a 1935 black and white Japanese comedy film directed by Sadao Yamanaka and starring Denjirō Ōkōchi as the fictional samurai Tange Sazen.
Feb 6, 2023 · The Million Ryo Pot has a lot of moving parts, from Genzaburo’s search for his pot, to the elder Yagyu seeking every pot in Edo, to Sazen and izakaya Madame Ofuji (Shinbashi Kiyozo) looking after the young boy. The stories all converge, as Genzaburo spends his time shooting arrows and hanging with Sazen without even knowing how close he is to ...
Jul 19, 2016 · Humorous and heartwarming with a little social commentary thrown in, Tange Sazen: The Million Ryo Pot is a wonderfully put together ensemble comedy which still proves hugely entertaining eighty years later.
Feb 12, 2023 · Director – Sadao Yamanaka –1935 – Japan – 92m (longest available version) ***1/2. Period drama in which various characters palm a worthless pot off on others only to later discover it’s extremely valuable – plays UK cinemas in the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2023 between Friday, 3rd February and Friday, 31st March
Sadao Yamanaka’s TANGE SAZEN YOWA: HYAKUMAN RYO NO TSUBO (Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo)/ TANGE SAZEN; THE MILLION RYO POT [1935] “He was a great talent, and even at his death at less than thirty years of age he left us a tremendous legacy of films” – Yasujiro Ozu, 1955- The life and legacy of Japanese filmmaker Sadao Yamanaka is one of great tragedy.
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Nov 5, 2021 · Studio: Nikkatsu. Year: 1935. Verdict: 4/6. Contents: Introducing Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo. The Lost Legacy of Sadao Yamanaka. The Lively Legacy of Tange Sazen. The Million Ryo Crock and Bull Story. A Production that Missed its Target. Reading Into Pots and Plots | A One Ryo Mini-Analysis.
This monumental work of early Japanese cinema is a spin-off of a popular film series about the character Tange Sazen. While the other films in the series portray Sazen as a nihilistic ronin, The Million Ryo Pot is a comedy drama, where Sazen is characterised with humour and humanity. You can find the programme notes from The Japan Foundation here.
