Walk Cheerfully
Raucous small-time thief Kenji falls in love with sweet and simple Yazue, but when she finds out what kind of guy he really is, she leaves him until he proves to be honest. Kenji soon finds it's not so easy to get rid of one's past.
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In Yasujiro Ozu's WALK CHEERFULLY, which gracefully combines elements of the relationship drama and the gangster story, small-time hood Kenji, a.k.a. Ken the Knife, wants to go straight for good girl Yasue but finds that starting over isn't as simple as it sounds. This was the Japanese master's first true homage to American crime movies, and it is a fleetly told, expressively shot work of humor and emotional depth.
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- Director
- Yasujirō Ozu
- Starring
- Minoru Takada, Hiroko Kawasaki, Satoko Date, Takeshi Sakamoto, Nobuko Matsuzono, Teruo Môri, Hisao Yoshitani, Kanji Kawara
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