If you loved Mr. Thank You, try Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Mr. Thank You

1936 · dir. Hiroshi Shimizu

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Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo

1935 · dir. Sadao Yamanaka

What they share

Theysit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Mr. Thank You, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo is

A samurai chucks a pot only to realize too late it held a fortune map. A small army of freeloaders immediately sets off in hot pursuit. The film somehow makes poverty look like a gold rush.

If you loved Mr. Thank You, try Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo

Mr. Thank You

Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo

What they share

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