Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue
movie
Released December 30, 1927
Overview
Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue is a 1927 black and white Japanese silent film directed by Tomiyasu Ikeda.[1] This comedy film showcases the comic talent of Denjiro Okochi, which contrasts markedly with his heroic performance in Oatsurae Jirokichi Koshi. The humorous exchanges with Goro Kawabe, his senior at Nikkatsu, can be priceless, with the expressions and movements of the two goofy characters making for pure, hilarious slapstick comedy. A 15-minute remnant of the film was released on DVD by Digital Meme with benshi accompaniment by Midori Sawato and Ryubi Kato.
Cast
Gorō Kawabe
as
Yaji
Denjirō Ōkōchi
as
Kita
En'ichirō Jitsukawa
as
Kimpei Harukawa
Kōichi Katsuragi
as
Yujiro Yasuda
Midori Komatsu
as
Okatsu
Yuzuru Kume
as
Gitaro Matsuda
Kōmei Minami
as
Toshizo Hijikata
Shōzō Nanbu
as
Yasota Sugimura
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Yukiko Asano
as
Osaki
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Takeo Katsura
as
Sataro Kawashima
Yutaka Mimasu
as
Tôichiro Shinohara
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Shirō Niizuma
as
Danroku Yamaarashi