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Set in an impoverished district of Edo, Humanity and Paper Balloons follows people whose daily survival is constrained by status and money. Sadao Yamanaka's 1937 Japanese film brings a struggling ronin's search for employment into contact with a barber's involvement in a kidnapping plot. Samurai and...
Why this score
Yamanaka's surviving masterpiece is highly canonized by critics, with exceptional historical reputation despite limited public exposure.
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This 1935 Japanese film, directed by Sadao Yamanaka, is a comedic chanbara featuring Tange Sazen, a one-eyed, one-armed swordsman originally created by novelist Hayashi Fubo. The plot centers on a humble pot that secretly contains a map to buried treasure, drawing the reluctant, disfigured hero into...
Why this score
Yamanaka comedy adventure is a celebrated prewar classic, admired for warmth and craft, though less monumental than Humanity and Paper Balloons.
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