Oatsurae Jirokichi Koshi (1931)

Original title

御誂次郎吉格子

Directed by

Daisuke Itō

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 20m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This silent film follows a real-life legendary thief in Japan. It tells an original story about his life and uses dynamic intertitles.

bittersweetnostalgiclyricalstylizedpoignantgroundedfast-paced

What happens

Oatsurae Jirokichi Koshi (Japanese: 御誂治郎吉格子, Hepburn: Jirokichi the Rat) is a 1931 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Daisuke Itō. It is the only completely preserved silent film directed by Ito and relates the life of legendary thief Jirokichi the Rat, in an original story and through the revolutionary use of dynamic intertitles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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