14 December 1939 Comedy, Music 69 mins
An umbrella maker with a shopping addiction finds himself in dire straits when his debts force him to consider selling his attractive, desirable daughter to a suitor she doesn't love.
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Chiezō Kataoka as Reisaburo Asai
Ryōsuke Kagawa as Soshichi Kagawaya
Takashi Shimura as Kyosai Shimura
Mitsuru Toyama as Man-emon Toyama
Kajō Onoe as Roku-be of Dogu-ya (antique dealer)
Hidemichi Ishikawa as Matsusuke Matsuda
Eizaburo Kusunoki as Sugiura
Ryutaro Chikamatsu as Hinokiyama
Matsunosuke Fukui as Takebayashi
Minoru Fujisaki as Yanagawa
Shirō Osaki as Tsubaki
Mitsuo Kobayashi as Sankichi
Heizaburo Fujimura as Young master of charcoal shop
Daihachiro Takebayashi as Young master of grocer
Junosuke Arashi as Young master of liquor shop
Makitaro Bando as Young master of rice shop
Masahiro Makino Director
Shigekichi Hasegawa Set Decoration
Nobuo Miyamoto Editor
Tokujirō Ōkubo Original Music Composer
Akira Mimura Director of Photography
Kazuo Miyagawa Director of Photography
Masao Yoneyama Original Music Composer
Morihisa Haneda Assistant Director
Sadamitsu Ishihara Sound
Koji Edogawa Screenplay
Oshidori utagassen Trailer
Japan 14 December 1939
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