Enoken's Chikiri Kinta Part 1 – Momma, the Hat: The Nice Way

Enoken's Chikiri Kinta Part 1 – Momma, the Hat: The Nice Way

1937 · 74 min · ★ 8.0 · Comedy

A comedic tale told in four parts, this film follows the antics of the pickpocket Kinta as he is pursued by a low ranking deputy named Kurakichi. The two get into all manner of peccadilloes and encounter a range of peculiar characters as their game of cat and mouse moves across the countryside in the last days of the Tokugawa Shogunate.

Directed by Kajirō Yamamoto · Written by Kajirō Yamamoto

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