The only completely preserved silent film directed by Daisuke Ito, this film relates the life of a legendary thief, Jirokichi the Rat in an exquisite original story and through the revolutionary use of dynamic intertitles. The skillful benshi narration featuring a mixture of Edo dialect and Kansai dialect is highly entertaining.
Directed byDaisuke It�
Written byDaisuke It� (screenplay), Eiji Yoshikawa (novel)
CountryJapan
Runtime80 min
On screen
Denjir� �k�chi
Naoe Fushimi
Nobuko Fushimi
Reizabur� Yamamoto