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JAPAN · 1931

Flunky, Work Hard

Mikio Naruse
poverty father-son relationships social class childhood mischief economic hardship
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A short concerning an impoverished insurance salesman and his scrappy son, whose fisticuffs with the other boys of their village put his father’s livelihood in jeopardy.

Year1931
CountryJapan
DirectorMikio Naruse
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