Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success (1960)
A beer salesman with a passion for fishmongering stumbles through mishaps, rivalries, and gangster trouble while chasing a big contract, winning the deal through quick thinking—then turns down a promotion to keep working his own way.
Director:
Eiji Iwashiro
Writers:
Kihan Nagase, Seiya Yoshida.
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Keiju Kobayashi as Isshin Tarō |
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Sonomi Nakajima as Midori |
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Daisuke Katō as Okubo Hikosaburō |
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Kumi Mizuno as Yumiko |
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Chisako Hara as Mariko |
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Hiroshi Tachikawa as Kazuo Iemitsu |
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Kenji Sahara as Buchō Kuroki |
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Ichirō Arishima as Tokuda Shachō |
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Yū Fujiki as Kiyoshi Murai |
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Kokinji Katsura as Senzō |
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Sadako Sawamura as Okane |
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Chieko Naniwa as Chiyo |
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Machiko Kitagawa as Reiko |
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Yasuhiko Saijō as Bunkichi |
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Zeko Nakamura as Sasao Kinai |
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Michino Yokoyama as Oharu |
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Yoyo Miyata as Hatanaka Kakarichō |
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Toki Shiozawa as Secretary |
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Shin Ōtomo as Kijima |
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Jiro Kumagaya as Jōmu Ono |
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Shirō Tsuchiya as Buchō Kuwahara |
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Keiko Muramatsu as Young Lady A |
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Rumi Konishi as Young Lady B |
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水原かおる as Young Lady C |
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Kyoko Mizushima as Young Lady |
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Shōichi Hirose as Yakuza Youth A |
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Kōji Iwamoto as Yakuza Youth B |
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Toshio Miura as Yakuza Youth C |
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Yasuo Araki as Yakuza Youth D |
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Choji Oka as Tora-san |
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Kiyomi Mizunoya as Ryōtei Proprietress |
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葛城日佐子 as Ryōtei Maid |
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Yoko Ueno as Young Maid |
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Hiromi Mineoka as Ryokan Maid |
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Yutaka Sada as Judicial Chief |
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Tōru Yuri as Patrol Policeman |
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Suzuki Koji as Policeman |
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Ikio Sawamura as Happy's Owner |
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Teruko Mita as |
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Hideko Ebata as |
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Toshiko Nakano as |
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Terumi Oka as |
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山本照江 as |
| Directing | Eiji Iwashiro | Director |
| Writing | Kihan Nagase | Screenplay |
| Writing | Seiya Yoshida | Screenplay |
| Sound | Seiichi Mawatari | Music |
| Camera | Rokurô Nishigaki | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Kakuzo Nishikawa | Gaffer |
| Art | Kyoe Hamagami | Art Direction |
| Sound | Chôshichirô Mikami | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Masanobu Miyazaki | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Ume Takeda | Editor |
| Production | Eizaburo Adachi | Producer |
| Directing | Susumu Kodama | Assistant Director |
| Production | Masako Suzuki | Production Manager |
| Camera | Jun Yamazaki | Still Photographer |