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The Woman Who Touched the Legs

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Original title

Ashi ni sawatta onna

Year

1952

Running time

84 min.

Country

Japan

Director

Kon Ichikawa

Screenwriter

Kon Ichikawa, Natto Wada, Kengo Furusawa

Cast

Music

Toshiro Mayuzumi

Cinematography

Jun Yasumoto (B&W)

Producer

Toho

Genre

Comedy

Synopsis

A pretty pickpocket is travelling on an express train from Osaka to her home village. She is an orphan, but wants to show off her wealth to the villagers who accused her father of being a spy. Detective Kita, who is on holiday, recognizes her and suggests to a pulp writer that he use her as a model for a story. While in a tunnel, she picks the wrong wallet from the man beside her, and subsequently loses her savings to an older woman pickpocket. At an inn, the writer replaces her money. The writer knows that the detective is falling in love with her, and the two follow her to her village. They find that the village is now part of a US air base and bombing range.

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The Woman Who Touched the Legs

1952

Kon Ichikawa