A Japanese comedy from the end of the silent era (it has music) from a popular series. A feud, a practical joke and romance are the set up for some great comedy and drama from a team of distinctive appearance who are exploiting their silent cinema styles to the full.
Is it worth your time? Look, if you have a soft spot for silent films or just want to see how comedy worked before everyone had to worry about microphones, then yes, catch this one. It’s got a breezy, light-hearted energy that’s hard to hate. But if you’re the type of person who gets bored if a character doesn’t speak ...
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"Is it worth your time? Look, if you have a soft spot for silent films or just want to see how comedy worked before everyone had to worry about microphones, then yes, catch this one. It’s got a breezy, light-hearted energy that’s hard to hate. But if you’re the type of person who gets bored if a character doesn’t speak within the first thirty seconds, you should probably skip it. It moves at its own speed, which is to say, it moves at the speed of pantomime. It’s a comedy about a neighborhood fe..."
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