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A newly hired daily newspaper writer covering the society beat receives an assignment to cover Tokyo at night by walking and observing it. He gets into the right frame of mind by dressing the part as a vagrant with not a penny to his name. He gets into trouble ending up at the police station slammer overnight. He has no material to write about and, with his assignment unfulfilled, faces a cross editor.
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A forceful indictment of the devastating effects of war and nationalistic fanaticism on the average man, who, in the face of the absurdity of violence, is reduced to apathy or victimhood.
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В семье господина Исимуры 11 человек – он сам, его жена, пять сыновей, две маленькие дочки и двое престарелых родителей. Отец и трое старших сыновей работают на фабрике. Несмотря на это, семья еле сводит концы с концами. Никто из братьев не может позволить себе не работать. Кризис наступает, когда самый старший брат Кийти заявляет о своем желании оставить фабрику и поступить в техническое училище.
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“Widely acclaimed as the first full-scale historical film epic in Japan, Kumagai’s adaptation of Ogai Mori’s celebrated novel is an indictment of the bushido tradition of saving face through harakiri. The 19 vassals of Lord Hosokawa ask permission to commit harakiri with him, as a demonstration of their loyalty. Only Yaichiemon Abe is refused permission, forced instead into the vassalage of his lord’s successor. Humiliated and derided, Yaichiemon eventually commits harakiri without permission. His eldest son is then punished for Yaichiemon’s suicide, and when he resists, is sentenced to death. The entire Abe clan rebels upon the son’s execution, and the clan is annihilated.” --Alan Poul, Japan Society
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История похищения девушки по имени Окума — наследницы некогда преуспевающего торгового дома, со временем разорившегося и превратившегося в мелкий ломбард.
