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In Yasujiro Ozu’s Walk Cheerfully, which gracefully combines elements of the relationship drama and the gangster story, small-time hood Kenji, a.k.a. Ken the Knife, wants to go straight for good girl Yasue but finds that starting over isn’t as simple as it sounds. This was the Japanese master’s first true homage to American crime movies, and it is a fleetly told, expressively shot work of humor and emotional depth.
Original Release
03/01/1930
US Release
03/01/1991
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Minoru Takada | Kenji Koyama |
| Hiroko Kawasaki | Yasue Sugimoto |
| Satoko Date | Chieko |
| Takeshi Sakamoto | Ono, the company's president / Ono |
| Nobuko Matsuzono | Yasue's sister |
| Hisao Yoshitani | Senko |
| Teruo Môuri | Gunpei |
| Utako Suzuki | The mother / Mother |
| Kanji Kawahara | Detective |
| Kenji Kimura |
Directors
Writers
Hiroshi Shimizu, Lex Neal, Tadao Ikeda
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Minoru Takada | Kenji Koyama |
| Hiroko Kawasaki | Yasue Sugimoto |
| Satoko Date | Chieko |
| Takeshi Sakamoto | Ono, the company's president / Ono |
| Nobuko Matsuzono | Yasue's sister |
| Hisao Yoshitani | Senko |
| Teruo Môuri | Gunpei |
| Utako Suzuki | The mother / Mother |
| Kanji Kawahara | Detective |
| Kenji Kimura | |
| Chishû Ryû | |
| Tomio Aoki | |
| Tatsuo Saitô |
