Program
< Back to listThe Million Ryo Pot
Tange Sazen Yowa: Hyakuman Ryō no Tsubo
The Yagyu family did not know that they owned a pot in which was drawn a treasure map. One day one of the servants reveals this to his employer. But the master had already given the pot as a dowry for his younger brother's marriage. In desperation, he sends a servant to look for the pot, but the younger brother refuses to return it and sells it to a scrap dealer. The pot is passed from hand to hand and becomes the fishbowl of the son of a man named Shichibei. Shichibei frequents an archery house because he is in love with its owner. But he is killed by the mob, and the owner and the guard of the archery house adopt his son. At the moment, the younger brother visits the archery house.


Sadao Yamanaka
Sadao Yamanaka (Japan) made his first film in 1932, showing an affinity for popular genres, with some irony and lyricism. Today, only 3 of his 26 films are preserved. He was sent to war in 1937 and died there at the age of 28. In his will says: “To my friends and colleagues I ask: please make good films”.
Data Sheet
D: Sadao Yamanaka
G: Shintaro Mimura
F: Jun Yasumoto
E: Risaburo Fukuda
DA: Kohei Shima
S: Taizo Ikeuchi
M: Goro Nishi
CP: Nikkatsu Corporation
I: Denjiro Okochi, Kiyozo, Kunitaro Sawamura, Reizaburo Yamamoto, Minoru Takase
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