# A Straightforward Boy (1929)

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**Original title**: *突貫小僧*
**Runtime**: 14 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Crime
**Directed by**: Yasujirō Ozu
**Written by**: Tadao Ikeda, Chuji Nozu
**Starring**: Tatsuo Saitō, Tomio Aoki, Takeshi Sakamoto

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Apparently kidnap plots can go hilariously wrong. A boy is kidnapped but things do not go as planned. It turns out the kidnapper got more than he bargained for.

**Mood tags**: 3am-cult, playful

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