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      Koshiben gambare (Flunky, Work Hard!)

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      william d Interesting only as an example of early Japanese cinema and as a demonstration of Naruse's brilliant output to come. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Quite possibly the greatest film title of all time? Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Ignore your children and they will find trouble. Instruct your children and they will use your words to justify trouble. Just pay the bills and act thankful for family. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Den äldsta överlevande filmen av den japanska mästarregissören Mikio Naruse, känd i cineastkretsar för sina stillsamma men knivskarpa kvinnodraman. Det här är dock något för Naruse så otypiskt som en komedi, dock med dramatiska inslag (och en stum sådan då ljudfilmen kom lite senare i Japan än t.ex. USA och Europa) om en timid försäkringsförsäljare som med olika medel försöker rycka upp sin familj ur fattigdomen. Kanske inte en film som förändrar liv, men en hyfsat roande halvtimme med ett par riktigt fina bilder här och där. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member The earliest surviving Mikio Naruse film is the shortest, at only 30 minutes, is quite unusual compared to his later films, combining comedy, heartbreak, and even some avant garde editing. Simply, an unsuccessful insurance salesman wants to make his wife and children happy financially. Yup. Does not sound interesting at all. But there is so much more packed in the short runtime, that you feel very satisfied, yet sad by the end. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Mikio Naruse's oldest surviving film is a deeply lyrical meditation on what it is to be human and the terrifying monsters that are time and mortality. What's so remarkable about the film is the tone it sets within its short running time; though the story is mostly tender and sad, it has a genuine streak of good humor that runs through it. Naruse captures the highs and lows of human life in the frames of this film- sometimes both within a few short seconds. I loved Shizue Akiyama's careful performance in which he remains totally sympathetic while falling into the dangerous "all work, no play" life that beckons all desperate breadwinners. He conveys everything essential in his character within the simple movement of an eyebrow, or the way he holds his shoulders. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Keith Uhlich Slant Magazine Flunky, Work Hard! is a film at a crossroads, its most resonant image that of a fly trapped under a dripping faucet and flailing around the waterlogged sink. Rated: 3.5/4 Jun 7, 2006 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Mikio Naruse