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A Straightforward Boy

突貫小僧

1929 · 0h 14m · Comedy, Crime · Japan

A kidnapped boy proves to be more than his abductor can handle.

Directed by
Yasujirō Ozu
Written by
Tadao Ikeda
Story by
Chuji Nozu
Starring
Tatsuo Saitō, Tomio Aoki, Takeshi Sakamoto
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black and whitechild in perilchild kidnappingkidnappingpartially lost filmsilent film

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