
Enoken's Chikiri Kinta Part 1 – Momma, the Hat: The Nice Way
A comedic tale told in four parts, this film follows the antics of the pickpocket Kinta as he is pursued by a low ranking deputy named Kurakichi. The two get into all manner of peccadilloes and encounter a range of peculiar characters as their game of cat and mouse moves across the countryside in the last days of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
Top Billed Cast

Zeko Nakamura
Deputy Kurakichi
Sadaichi Yanagida
tavern owner
Featured Crew

Kajirō Yamamoto
Director
Tai Ogiwara
Executive Producer

Kajirō Yamamoto
Screenplay
Hiromitsu Karasawa
Director of Photography
Isamu Suzuki
Sound Recordist
Kôichi Iwashita
Editor
Shigekazu Kurihara
Original Music Composer

Akira Kurosawa
Third Assistant Director