Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue
弥次喜多 尊王の巻
Release: 1927-12-30
·Runtime: 15m
·★ 6.0
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Nikkatsu Corporation
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
Yutaka Mimasu
as Tôichiro Shinohara
Kajō Onoe
as Tsunesuke Maehara
Yoneko Sakai
as Someka
Kumeko Urabe
as Otoku
Umeko Sakuragi
as Osato