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Tokyo Omnibus (1959)

Tokyo Omnibus poster
Original title
三羽烏三代記
Directed by
Yoshiaki Banshō
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 42m

How it feels

A Japanese comedy film released in 1959 by Shochiku studios. It features three generations of male actors from the studio's history performing together to celebrate the studio's 3000th film.

lightheartedcomedicnostalgiclivelywhimsicalmulti-generationalupbeatplayful

What happens

『三羽烏三代記』(さんばがらすさんだいき)は、1959年10月30日公開の日本の喜劇映画。松竹作品で、同社の3千本記念映画。松竹の「三羽烏」と呼ばれた男優の3世代が出演している。 松竹三羽烏 - 上原謙、佐分利信、佐野周二 新松竹三羽烏 - 佐田啓二、高橋貞二、大木実 松竹三代目三羽烏 - 小坂一也、三上真一郎、山本豊三 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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