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The Old Man of the Propeller (1939)
Directed by Kunio Watanabe
Comedy, Drama · 1h 18m
The Old Man of the Propeller can be seen as a comedic amalgam of “King Lear” and “Christmas Carol”. A neighborhood loan shark is hounded by his relatives expecting big inheritance. But he is not giving any favor to anyone. His only joy of life is to go on junk hunt in the neighborhood, collecting garbages and scraps and selling them to junkmen to make profit.
Cast
Kingorō Yanagiya
Harue Wakahara
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Tamae Kiyokawa
Crew
- Director
- Kunio Watanabe
- Writer
- Kenta Yamazaki
Details
- Original title
- プロペラ親爺
- Release date
- 1939-07-01
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Toho Eiga