Mr. Thank You

Mr. Thank You
Directed by Hiroshi Shimizu
Written by Hiroshi Shimizu (screenplay)
Yasunari Kawabata (novel)
Starring Ken Uehara
Takashi Ishiyama
Michiko Kuwano
Music by Keizô Horiuchi
Cinematography Isamu Aoki
Release dates
  • 27 February 1936 (1936-02-27)
Running time
1h 18min
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Mr. Thank You (有りがたうさん Arigatō-san) is a 1936 Japanese drama film directed by Hiroshi Shimizu.[1][2] It is based on a short story by the Nobel Prize-winning novelist, Yasunari Kawabata.[3]

Synopsis

A driver, nicknamed Mr. Thank You due to his gratitude whenever his bus is let to pass on the narrow road, drives the people on board from the rural city of Izu to the faraway city of Tokyo, with a various amount of reasons for their desire to get to Tokyo.

Cast

References

  1. "Arigato-san". BFI.
  2. "Mr. Thank You (1936) - The Criterion Collection". criterion.com. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  3. Koresky, Michael. "Eclipse Series 15: Travels with Hiroshi Shimizu". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 24 March 2016.

External links

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