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Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue

6.0 15 mins 1927
Nikkatsu Corporation  
Director(s): Tomiyasu Ikeda

Release Date: 30 Fri, Dec 1927

Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue is a 1927 black and white Japanese silent film directed by Tomiyasu Ikeda.[1] This comedy film showcases the comic talent of Denjiro Okochi, which contrasts markedly with his heroic performance in Oatsurae Jirokichi Koshi. The humorous exchanges with Goro Kawabe, his senior at Nikkatsu, can be priceless, with the expressions and movements of the two goofy characters making for pure, hilarious slapstick comedy. A 15-minute remnant of the film was released on DVD by Digital Meme with benshi accompaniment by Midori Sawato and Ryubi Kato.

Casts of Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue

Gorō Kawabe

as Yaji

En'ichirō Jitsukawa

as Kimpei Harukawa

Kōichi Katsuragi

as Yujiro Yasuda

Midori Komatsu

as Okatsu

Yuzuru Kume

as Gitaro Matsuda

Kōmei Minami

as Toshizo Hijikata

Shōzō Nanbu

as Yasota Sugimura

Yukiko Asano

as Osaki

Takeo Katsura

as Sataro Kawashima

Yutaka Mimasu

as Tôichiro Shinohara

Shirō Niizuma

as Danroku Yamaarashi

Kajō Onoe

as Tsunesuke Maehara

Tamitaro Onoe

as Isami Kondo

Toka Onoe

as Niimi, Gonzô

Yoneko Sakai

as Someka

Kumeko Urabe

as Otoku

Umeko Sakuragi

as Osato

Toka Onoe

as Niimi Gonzô

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