Executive Chair (1958)
In post-war Japan, The Second Drawer follows Funada, a devoted company man whose planned family trip is disrupted by the sudden death of his boss. Thrust into a delicate business negotiation and a chance encounter with a mysterious woman, he becomes entangled in a quiet storm of corporate intrigue, personal sacrifice, and emotional complexity. As relationships shift and secrets surface, Funada must navigate the fine line between duty and desire in a world where ambition and morality rarely
Director:
Masanori Kakei
Writer:
Katsuhito Inomata
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Ryō Ikebe as Saburo Funada |
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Reiko Dan as Eiko |
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Eijirō Yanagi as Takeyama |
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Kumi Mizuno as Otoko Aikawa |
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Keiko Awaji as Kimiko Wada |
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Seizaburō Kawazu as Shinsuke Tachibana |
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Kenji Sahara as Naohiko Miyamoto |
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Yōko Sugi as Hideko Funada |
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Hisaya Ito as Yokichi Kajitani |
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Haruko Tōgō as Mitsuko Aikawa |
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Naomi Shiraishi as Chieko Imanishi |
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Ikio Sawamura as Tokuno |
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Takamaru Sasaki as Takada |
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Murasaki Fujima as Matsuei |
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Fuyuki Murakami as Minamimura |
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Ichirō Shimizu as Yata |
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Sachio Sakai as Kimura |
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Yutaka Sada as Matsuoka |
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Kôji Uno as Mise |
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Shōichi Hirose as Ozawa |
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Fumito Matsuo as Tazaki |
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Hisao Toake as Tsukagoshi |
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Hajime Izu as Tomita |
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Akio Sugano as Ichiro Funada |
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Shirō Tsuchiya as Ryusuke Aikawa |
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Hisako Kuru as Ryoko Aikawa |
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Hiroyuki Kasugai as Wada Ryukichi |
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Eiko Tachibana as |
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Akio Kusama as |
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Motoko Yoneyama as |
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Kazumi Hanabusa as |
| Writing | Keita Genji | Original Story |
| Directing | Masanori Kakei | Director |
| Writing | Katsuhito Inomata | Screenplay |
| Sound | Koji Taku | Music |
| Camera | Takeshi Suzuki | Camera Supervisor |
| Lighting | Rokuro Ishikawa | Lighting Director |
| Art | Iwao Akune | Art Department Manager |
| Sound | Hisashi Shimonaga | Sound |
| Sound | Shin Watarai | Sound |
| Production | Sanezumi Fujimoto | Production Director |
| Directing | Katsumi Iwanai | Assistant Director |
| Production | Masako Suzuki | Production Manager |
| Directing | Hideo Onchi | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Kunihiko Watanabe | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Masanobu Deme | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Fukuzo Koizumi | Camera Department Production Assistant |
| Camera | Kaneshige Tabata | Camera Department Production Assistant |
| Camera | Shoji Ueda | Camera Department Production Assistant |
| Lighting | Shinichi Ohno | Lighting Production Assistant |
| Lighting | Shinichi Ohno | Lighting Production Assistant |
| Lighting | Torao Yamaguchi | Lighting Production Assistant |
| Lighting | Kuriyama Kozaburo | Lighting Production Assistant |
| Lighting | Tadao Goto | Lighting Production Assistant |
| Lighting | Osamu Sasai | Lighting Production Assistant |
| Lighting | Ichiro Watanabe | Lighting Production Assistant |
| Lighting | Hideki Mochizuki | Lighting Production Assistant |
| Crew | Sadasuke Iriguchi | Lighting Camera |
| Sound | Noboru Yoshioka | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Eishiro Hayashi | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Hideaki Iwanami | Sound Assistant |
| Art | Shigekazu Ikuno | Art Designer |
| Art | Hirotoshi Aramaki | Art Designer |
| Directing | Fukui Mitsuhiro | Stage Director |
| Directing | Hideo Tsuchiya | Stage Director |
| Art | Ishii Tsuneo | Art Direction |
| Art | Tatemori Sueyoshi | Props |
| Art | Shoji Sasaki | Props |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hiroki Mori | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Noriko Taguchi | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Junjirō Yamada | Hairstylist |
| Camera | Jun Yamazaki | Still Photographer |
| Production | Hisayuki Murakami | Casting Assistant |
| Sound | Hideo Harada | Music Arranger |
| Production | Koichi Ishii | Accountant |
| Production | Yoshio Mochizuki | Publicist |
| Editing | Kôichi Iwashita | Editor |