A Tale of Dung and Urine
1957 · 101 min · Comedy
In a provincial Japanese town, an entrepreneurial sanitation collector is drawn into the world of local politics, only to discover that the prosperity he helped create will benefit everyone but himself.
Directed by Yoshitarō Nomura · Written by Shinobu Hashimoto
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Junzaburō Ban Hikotarô Komori -
Eitarō Ozawa Tomoda -
Hisaya Morishige Ushinosuke Abe -
Eijirō Yanagi Akase -
Saburo Date -
Kōji Mitsui -
Sachiko Murase -
Toranosuke Ogawa -
Sadako Sawamura -
Kyū Sazanka - H Hiroko Fukumitsu
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