A factory full of chaos, capitalism, and cucumber nicknames. What could go wrong?
A comedy directed by Yasuzo Masumura starring Yunosuke Ito.
Direction
Masumura's kinetic framing turns a factory into a pressure cooker.
Writing
Absurdist nicknames that sting with social commentary.
Acting
Ito's deadpan rebellion against the machine.
Director
Yasuzō Masumura
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Masumura was a key figure in Japan's 1960s New Wave, using genre films to smuggle radical social critique past censors.
The film's original Japanese title 'Bakumatsu Taiyoden' was deliberately misleading, suggesting a historical epic rather than factory satire.
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