Release Date : May, 14th, 2016
Running Time : 129 min
Genre : Comedy , Drama , Historical , Feature

Color : Color
Screening Format : HDCAM,HDCAM-SR
Screen Size : -
Sound Processing : -

Screening Format with Subtitles

• ・English (HDCAM, Blu-ray)

[ Directed by ] NAKAMURA Yoshihiro

[ Produced by ]

• IKEDA Fumitsugu
• MIYOSHI Hideaki
• KAMATA Tsunemoto

[ Cast ]

• ABE Sadawo KOKUDAYA Juzaburo
• Eita SUGAWARAYA Tokuheiji
• TSUMABUKI Satoshi ASANOYA Jinnai

[ Staff ]

• ISODA Michifumi Original Story
• NAKAMURA Yoshihiro Screenplay
• SUZUKI Kenichi Screenplay
• OKIMURA Yukihiro Cinematography
• KAWASE Isao Editor

[ Production Company ]

“The Magnificent Nine” Film Partners

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

SHOCHIKU

[ Production Studio ]

Thefool

[ Story ]

A film adaptation of Isoda Michifumi's original novel which is based on a true story from the middle Edo Period. It comically depicts the efforts of Yoshiokajuku, an inn town in Sendai fief, to save themselves from impoverishment by running a moneylending enterprise against the fiefdom. At the helm is The Inerasable director Nakamura Yoshihiro.
On the verge of financial crisis, the Sendai fiefdom levies a heavy tax upon its inhabitants resulting in bankruptcies and people fleeing town in succession. A merchant of Yoshiokajuku, Kokudaya Juzaburo (Abe Sadawo), devises a relief plan to loan money to the fief with a partner and distribute the interest among the people.

[ Official Site ]

http://tono-gozaru.jp

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

2016 Toronto International Film Festival, Opening Film
2016 Japan Cuts
2016 Camera Japan Fesitval

[ Contact (International) ]

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