Devices Stronger Than Women (1963)
An ad campaign for a TV show called the “Male Training Contest” stirs chaos at a major electronics company. On opening night, PR manager Sugishita is forced to join the contest, where husbands fail miserably at household chores. Frustrated, the men later gather to complain about their domineering wives, only to be confronted by a carefree stranger who teaches them absurd tricks to “stand up to women.”
Director:
Yasuki Chiba
Writers:
Ichirō Ikeda, Ryōzō Kasahara.
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Akira Takarada as Shin Takayama (Nanahikari Electric publicity staff) |
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Tadao Takashima as Goro Miyake (Tozai Trading accounting staff) |
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Hitoshi Ueki as Hitoshi Noguchi (Playboy) |
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Yōko Tsukasa as Eiko Suda (CM Girl) |
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Frankie Sakai as Nobuo Koyama (Kimono shop heir) |
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Yumi Shirakawa as Reiko Koyama (Nobuo’s wife) |
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Reiko Dan as Megumi Miyake (Goro’s wife) |
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Daisuke Katō as Daisaku Sugishita (Publicity Manager) |
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Chikage Awashima as Yasuko Sugishita (Daisaku’s wife) |
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Ichirō Arishima as Taichi Kakegawa (Librarian) |
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Keiko Awaji as Yoshiko Kakegawa (Taichi’s wife) |
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Mitsuko Kusabue as Yoko Nakamura (real name: Haruko Oshima) |
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Akihiko Hirata as Rokusuke Sakai (CM Song Lyricist) |
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Keiko Yanagawa as Kimiko Yoshino (Hinode Life Secretary) |
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Haruko Tōgō as Matsuyo Sano (Kinsaku’s wife) |
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Yū Fujiki as |
| Directing | Yasuki Chiba | Director |
| Writing | Ichirō Ikeda | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ryōzō Kasahara | Screenplay |
| Sound | Hachiro Matsui | Music |
| Camera | Rokurô Nishigaki | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Seiichi Endo | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Kakuzo Nishikawa | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Toshio Takashima | Gaffer |
| Art | Satoru Chūko | Art Direction |
| Sound | Wataru Onuma | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Masanao Uehara | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Eiji Ooi | Editor |
| Production | Sanezumi Fujimoto | Producer |
| Sound | Hisashi Shimonaga | Sound Effects |
