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Suisen Ichikawa and Eijirô Yanagi in Adventure in Tokyo (1952)

Suisen Ichikawa in Adventure in Tokyo (1952)

Eijirô Yanagi

Rentarô Mikuni

Chikage Awashima

Masuji Ibuse

Ryôsuke Saitô

Director Minoru Shibuya adapted Masuji Ibushi&apos;s masterpiece to film. The film depicts a doctor who has a sign that reads &quot;Closed Today,&quot; but is busy with all kinds of people visiting the hospital.

Minoru Shibuya

Honjitsu kyûshin

The Solution, Not The Problem

Eijirô Yanagi&apos;s son died in the War, and his wife too. All he has left is the hospital in the poor Tokyo suburb he founded eighteen years ago. He gives his staff the day off to go to a mountain spa, hangs up a sign saying there are no appointments today, and settles in for a long nap. That doesn&apos;t get him any rest. There are people coming to pay eighteen-year-old bills, a policeman with a girl who has been assaulted, lunatic Rentaro Mikuni who thinks he&apos;s still on active service somewhere on the front, and various people who need medical attention right now. In between he gets drunk. The next day, he has to figure out what happened and fix all the problems.

Minoru Shibuya&apos;s movie could have easily been played as a tragedy, but Yanagi&apos;s easy-going and hopeful playing of the role calls for a light touch, even in the midst of tragedy and suicidal thoughts. Many Japanese comedies have a lugubrious air to them. Not this one! Shibuya is always looking for solutions, and eventually finds them, drawing the poor community together. With Chikage Awashima, Keiko Kishi, and Akiko Tamura.

Eijirô Yanagi's son died in the War, and his wife too. All he has left is the hospital in the poor Tokyo suburb he founded eighteen years ago. He gives his staff the day off to go to a mountain spa, hangs up a sign saying there are no appointments today, and settles in for a long nap. That doesn't get him any rest. There are people coming to pay eighteen-year-old bills, a policeman with a girl who has been assaulted, lunatic Rentaro Mikuni who thinks he's still on active service somewhere on the front, and various people who need medical attention right now. In between he gets drunk. The next day, he has to figure out what happened and fix all the problems.

Minoru Shibuya's movie could have easily been played as a tragedy, but Yanagi's easy-going and hopeful playing of the role calls for a light touch, even in the midst of tragedy and suicidal thoughts. Many Japanese comedies have a lugubrious air to them. Not this one! Shibuya is always looking for solutions, and eventually finds them, drawing the poor community together. With Chikage Awashima, Keiko Kishi, and Akiko Tamura.

Director Minoru Shibuya adapted Masuji Ibushi's masterpiece to film. The film depicts a doctor who has a sign that reads "Closed Today," but is busy with all kinds of people visiting the hospital.

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