Mr. Thank You

Mr. Thank You
Directed by	Hiroshi Shimizu
Written by	Hiroshi Shimizu (screenplay) Yasunari Kawabata (novel)
Starring	Ken Uehara Takashi Ishiyama Michiko Kuwano
Music by	Keizô Horiuchi
Cinematography	Isamu Aoki
Release dates	27 February 1936
Running time	1h 18min
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Mr. Thank You (有りがたうさん Arigatō-san) is a 1936 Japanese drama film directed by Hiroshi Shimizu.^[1][2] It is based on a short story by the Nobel Prize-winning novelist, Yasunari Kawabata.^[3]

Synopsis

A driver, nicknamed Mr. Thank You due to his gratitude whenever his bus is let to pass on the narrow road, drives the people on board from the rural city of Izu to the faraway city of Tokyo, with a various amount of reasons for their desire to get to Tokyo.

Cast

• Ken Uehara as Mr. Thank You
• Michiko Kuwano as Woman in black collar
• Mayumi Tsukiji as Girl being sold
• Kaoru Futaba as Girl's mother
• Setsuko Shinobu as Daughter of man who returned from Tokyo
• Ryuji Ishiyama as Gentleman with beard

References

1. "Arigato-san". BFI.
2. "Mr. Thank You (1936) - The Criterion Collection". criterion.com. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
3. Koresky, Michael. "Eclipse Series 15: Travels with Hiroshi Shimizu". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 24 March 2016.

External links

• Mr. Thank You at the Internet Movie Database

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