The Graceful Brute
is a 1962 Japanese satirical comedy film directed by Yūzō Kawashima and written by Kaneto Shindō.
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
More details
author | Kaneto Shindō |
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director | Yuzo Kawashima |
editor | Tatsuji Nakashizu |
genre | comedy |
keywords | belong father and son hide project a talent agency |
musicBy | Sei Ikeno |
producer | Masaki Suda Osamu Yoneda |
productionCompany | Daiei Film |
publisher | Daiei |
theme | japanese |