A man gets rid of a cheap pot without knowing it contains a map to a treasure. As word spreads, many join in hunting it.
Direction
Yamanaka's dynamic camera movements revolutionized jidaigeki.
Editing
Rapid-fire cutting builds comic tension like a 1930s Edgar Wright.
Director
Sadao Yamanaka
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Yamanaka died at 28 in WWII; only three of his films survive. This is his masterpiece.
The 'pot' plot became a Japanese idiom for missing obvious value—like our 'needle in haystack' in reverse.
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