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Red Diamond

1964 · 94 min

A gentle, wry comic ramble through market schemes and small-time hustlers, more charming than tense.

Directed by
Michio Konishi
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Makoto Fujita, Yoshiko Mita, Meichō Soganoya
Overview
After losing all his money, Kizuka Keita, a seller on the black market, is trying to commit suicide. But he is saved by Morigen, a broker on the azuki beans market. A young man tries to regain his wealth in the bean market.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Michio Konishi
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Makoto Fujita, Yoshiko Mita, Meichō Soganoya
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • greed
  • class
  • redemption
  • survival
  • ambition
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Michio Konishi
Written by
Ruiju Yanagisawa, Yuichi Ikeda
Starring
Makoto Fujita, Yoshiko Mita, Meichō Soganoya, Chōchō Miyako, Hajime Hana, Kunie Tanaka, Fumitake Ōmura, Yoshiko Fujita
Music
Shunsuke Kikuchi
Cinematography
Makoto Tsuboi
Runtime
94 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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