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The Graceful Brute

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Wikipedia article




is a 1962 Japanese satirical comedy film directed by Yz Kawashima and written by Kaneto Shind.

Plot



The family of ex-naval officer Tokizo Maeda lives in a small urban concrete block apartment, always quick at hiding their belongings when the situation asks for a humble appearance. While daughter Tomoko, mistress (at her father's instruction) of a famous bestselling writer, won't stop borrowing money from her patron for the family, son Minoru, signed to a music talent agency, constantly embezzles the company's assets. Father and son both have their very own plans for the money: Tokizo invests in one military project after another, Minoru, to his father's consternation, spends it on his lover Yukie, none other than his agency's bookkeeper. When Yukie quits her job, using the occasion to end the liaison with Minoru, it turns out that she also had affairs with the company boss and the tax officer in charge, using the donations she received to finance her own hotel.

Cast



* Ayako Wakao as Yukie Mitani

* Ynosuke It as Tokizo Maeda

* Hisano Yamaoka as Yoshino, Tokizo's wife

* Yko Hamada as Tomoko, Tokizo's daughter

* Hideo Takamatsu as Ichiro Katori

* Eiji Funakoshi as Eisaku Kamiya, the tax collector

* Manamitsu Kawabata as Minoru, Tokizo's son

Reception



Film scholar Alexander Jacoby called 'The Graceful Brute' Kawashima's (who died the following year) last noteworthy film, stating that its "theatrical artificiality" and use of one single set mirrored director Nagisa shima's techniques.

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