Original Post: [1931] [JP] Koshiben ganbare! (Flunky, Work Hard!) - Mikio Naruse [EN Sub]
Title: Flunky, Work Hard!
AKA: Koshiben ganbare
Year: 1931
Directed: Mikio Naruse
Written by Mikio Naruse
Cinematography Mitsuo Miura
Genre: Short
Runtime: 29 min
Country: Japan
Color: Black and White
Aspect Ratio: 1.37
Sound Mix: Silent
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English
Mikio Naruse’s earliest available film, Flunky, Work Hard is the rare work by the director not to center around female characters.
In this off-beat Japanese comedy-melodrama, an insurance salesman attempts to make enough to support his wife and son. The story is set before Japan entered WW II and offers a fascinating glimpse at the daily life there.
Mikio Naruse (成瀬 巳喜男 Naruse Mikio, August 20, 1905 – July 2, 1969) was a Japanese filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer who directed some 89 films spanning the period 1930 (towards the end of the silent period in Japan) to 1967.
Cast
Okabe Isamu Yamaguchi
Okabe’s wife Tomoko Naniwa
Susumu, Okabe’s son Seiichi Kato
Toda’s wife Shizue Akiyama
Toda’s child Hideo Sugawara
Nakamura Tokio Seki
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