A Tale of Dung and Urine

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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