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Tokkan kozo
Also known as A Straightforward Boy in the USA
(1929) Japan
B&W : Short film
Directed by Yasujirô Ozu

Cast: Tomio Aoki [the boy], Tatsuo Saito, Takeshi Sakamoto

From the short story “The Ransom of Red Chief” by O. Henry. Cinematography by Hiroshi Nomura. / Released 23 November 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.

Comedy.

Survival status: Prints exist [incomplete 9.5mm reduction positives (recovered 1988 and 2015)].

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Listing updated: 1 December 2018.

References: Website-IMDb.

Home video: Blu-ray Disc; DVD.