The only completely preserved silent film directed by Daisuke Ito, this film relates the life of a legendary thief, Jirokichi the Rat in an exquisite original story and through the revolutionary use of dynamic intertitles. The skillful benshi narration featuring a mixture of Edo dialect and Kansai dialect is highly entertaining.
If you think silent movies are just guys in makeup tripping over chairs, you really need to see Oatsurae Jirôkichi kôshi. It is worth watching right now if you like stories about losers who try to be heroes but kind of fail at life. You will probably hate it if you can't stand reading a lot of text or if you need 4K re...
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"If you think silent movies are just guys in makeup tripping over chairs, you really need to see Oatsurae Jirôkichi kôshi. It is worth watching right now if you like stories about losers who try to be heroes but kind of fail at life. You will probably hate it if you can't stand reading a lot of text or if you need 4K resolution to stay awake. But honestly? It's cool. It’s a samurai movie, but not the kind where everyone is honorable and clean. Everything feels a bit damp and desperate. Denjirō Ō..."
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