With a fast pace and quick runtime, this short early Ozu comedy is entertaining, if not entirely devoid of dullness in a couple of spots. It is pretty funny, and the humour is surprisingly light despite the film technically focusing on a kidnapping. The plot parallels O. Henry's classic short story "The Ransom of Red Chief", which I really do admire as a piece of humourous fiction particularly because of its ability to use irony to turn a subject that could easily be made into something very very disturbing and, for most people, not particularly accessible or, you know, funny, and twists it so there is almost immediate relief in clever comic hijinks. This movie works with its concept very well for the short time that it lasts, and even shows signs of Ozu's famous visual style, which would go on to influence film for decades to come.