Enoken's Yaji and Kita (1939)

Enoken's anachronistic take on the beloved (and already very funny) Edo-period novel "Shank's Mare," aka Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige, in which Yaji and Kita, two plebeian nobodies, have all sorts of strange and colorful encounters on the long road from Edo to Kyoto.

Released Dec. 29, 1939 69 min None+

Genres: Comedy, History

Production Companies: Toho Film (Eiga) Co. Ltd.

Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese