Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue (1927)

Original title

弥次喜多 尊王の巻

Directed by

Tomiyasu Ikeda

Genre

comedy film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 51m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two friends named Yaji and Kita get into humorous situations during a rescue mission. The film is a silent comedy from 1920s Japan.

light-heartedcomicplayfulold-fashionedwhimsicalbriskslapsticksilent-era

What happens

Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue (弥次喜多 尊王の巻, Yajikita sonnō no maki; lit. "Yaji and Kita: The Loyalists") is a 1927 Japanese black and white silent comedy film directed by Tomiyasu Ikeda and stars Denjiro Okochi and Goro Kawabe, his senior at Nikkatsu. The film showcases the comic talent of Denjiro Okochi, which contrasts with his performance in Oatsurae Jirokichi Koshi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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