Five Gents Prefer Geisha (1967)
In this continuation of Discover Japan with the 5 Gents (Shacho sen ichiya, 1967), Shoji (Morishige) and his employees plan to build a hotel for Expo 70.
Director:
Shūe Matsubayashi
Writer:
Ryōzō Kasahara
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Hisaya Morishige as Keitarō Shōji (President, Shōji Tourism) |
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Keiju Kobayashi as Shingo Kimura |
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Daisuke Katō as Tetsunosuke Kanai (Managing Director) |
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Yōko Tsukasa as Sumie Kimura (Shingo’s wife) |
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Frankie Sakai as Pecoro dos Araki (2nd-gen Japanese Brazilian) |
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Norihei Miki as Benzō Tobita (Sales Director) |
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Mitsuko Kusabue as Wakayo (Geisha) |
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Michiyo Aratama as Suzuko (Bar Madam) |
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Toshio Kurosawa as Jirō Ogawa |
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Akimi Fuji as Harumi (Araki’s wife) |
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Keiko Hara as Yukiko Ōno (Secretary Division Staff) |
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Asami Kuji as Kuniko Shōji (Keitarō’s wife) |
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Yuriko Hanabusa as Matsuko Kimura (Shingo’s mother) |
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Harue Akagi as Naramaru-anesan |
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Nadao Kirino as P.E. Teacher |
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Yoyo Miyata as Papa A |
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Shigeki Ishida as Mount Fuji Hotel Manager |
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Gen Shimizu as |
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Someshō Matsumoto as |
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Tamami Urayama as Haruko (Shōji housemaid) |
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那須ますみ as Female Office Clerk |
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Kenzaburo Osawa as |
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Shirō Tsuchiya as Tourism Official A |
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Shōichi Hirose as |
| Directing | Shūe Matsubayashi | Director |
| Writing | Ryōzō Kasahara | Screenplay |
| Sound | Koji Taku | Music |
| Camera | Kiyoshi Hasegawa | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Chōshirō Ishii | Lighting Manager |
| Art | Shinobu Muraki | Art Direction |
| Sound | Fumio Yanoguchi | Sound |
| Production | Sanezumi Fujimoto | Producer |
| Sound | Hisashi Shimonaga | Sound Editor |
| Directing | Katsumune Ishida | Assistant Director |
| Production | Boku Morimoto | Production Manager |
| Camera | Matsuo Yoshizaki | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Yoshiko Yamamoto | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Etsuo Yamamoto | Casting Assistant |
| Production | Hisayuki Murakami | Production Assistant |
| Editing | Kôichi Iwashita | Editor |