JAPAN · 1954

A Billionaire

Kon Ichikawa
Japanese Golden Age post-war recovery tax collection bureaucracy social absurdism human resilience
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Synopsis

An ethical, young tax collector new to his area encounters increasingly absurd individuals and groups coping with their post-war woes.

Year1954
CountryJapan
DirectorKon Ichikawa
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