Vagabonds from Badgerville (1961)

Original title

花くらべ狸道中

Directed by

Tokuzō Tanaka

Genre

musical film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 19m

Rating

8.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Japanese musical comedy follows a group of traveling tanuki (raccoon dogs) parodying the classic Tokaido road trip story. At each inn along the way they break into song and dance numbers.

playfulupbeatwhimsicalhumorousfast-pacednostalgicmusicallighthearted

What happens

『花くらべ狸道中』（はなくらべたぬきどうちゅう）は、1961年（昭和36年）1月3日公開の日本映画。製作・配給は大映。市川雷蔵主演、田中徳三監督。 上映時間は79分。同時上映は『銀座っ子物語』。 狸御殿に連なる「狸もの」に「道中もの」の要素を加えたミュージカル映画。『東海道中膝栗毛』のパロディを盛り込み、宿場ごとにミュージカルナンバーを挿入する構成となっている。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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