Walk Cheerfully

Ozu tries his hand at a gangster picture, sort of. A low-level hoodlum falls for a typist, who then dumps him when she learns he's a crook. He attempts to go straight to win her back, but finds it harder than expected. The breezy title is doing a lot of work here.

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Yasujirō Ozu directed Walk Cheerfully in 1930. See Yasujirō Ozu's full filmography, where to start with Yasujirō Ozu, or where to go after you've seen everything by Yasujirō Ozu.

Walk Cheerfully was released in 1930 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 95 minutes.