A 70-minute time capsule of 1961 Japan you've definitely never heard of.
1961 Japanese movie
Cinematography
Stunning Kiso Valley location shooting, mountains as character.
Production
Rare surviving print of Nikkatsu's regional drama program.
Director
Bin Katō
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bin Katō directed over 50 films but remains virtually undocumented in English; this is one of his few surviving works from Nikkatsu's 'mukokuseki' regional program.
The title refers to a traditional traveling performer's hat—by 1961, this lifestyle was already vanishing, making the film an unintentional documentary of extinction.
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