Collecting Money Trip / Play Off with Love

New York premiere.

1957, 103 min., color, 35mm.

Directed Noboru Nakamura. Written by Toshio Shiina, based on the novel by Masuji Ibuse. Cinematography by Toshio Ubukata. Music by Toshiro Mayuzumi. With Keiji Sada, Mariko Okada, Achako Hanabishi, Yunosuke Ito and Tony Tani.

This joyous, romantic comedy about a man and a woman traveling together with different purposes culminates in the Awa Odori Festival in Tokushima, a grand-scale street procession filled with animated dancing.

Please note that due to an early production date (1950s), the print of Collecting Money Trip being screened is not of the highest quality, and some colors may appear faded.