First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband (1953)
Natsuko Kayama, an authority in the beauty industry and once known as Miss Tokyo, is a first-class wife. Her husband, Senkichi, on the contrary, is a good-natured man and slow-witted. They are rarely seen together, and others often criticize them for being too boring and uninteresting.
Director:
Kiyoshi Komori
Writer:
Kenrō Matsuura
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Yūnosuke Itō as Senkichi Miyama |
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Yukiko Todoroki as Mrs. Natsuko |
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Keiju Kobayashi as Heima Sakamoto |
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Chieko Sono as |
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Toranosuke Ogawa as President Manami |
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Eiko Miyoshi as Mrs. Hatoko |
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Satsuki Arakawa as Ofune Aishô |
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Hiroko Seki as Tamago (Maid) |
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Hiroshi Ayukawa as Assistant Amaike |
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Reiko Otani as Woman secretary |
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Kyoko Higashi as Female office worker |
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Reiko Tanigawa as Female office worker |
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Yasuko Aoki as Female office worker |
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Shigeru Ogura as Clerk at clothing store |
| Editing | Toshio Goto | Editor |
| Sound | Hachiro Matsui | Music |
| Writing | Kenrō Matsuura | Screenplay |
| Art | Juichi Ito | Art Direction |
| Directing | Kiyoshi Komori | Director |
| Writing | Tôru Namiki | Story |
| Camera | Izumi Iwasa | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Keinosuke Tsuchiya | Assistant Director |
| Production | Ryohei Kaneda | Producer |