Yaji and Kita on the Road (1958)
Two residents of Edo city Yaji and Kita make a journey to the temple of Ise, as part of a religious pilgrimage, but actually to get away from their wives for a little while. As they travel, they are constantly beset by complications involving women, mistaken identity, and misunderstood events. Another film adaptation of the famous novel Ikku Jippensha Footing It Along the Tokaido (Tokaidochu Hizakurige)
Director:
Yasuki Chiba
Writer:
Ryōzō Kasahara
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Keiju Kobayashi as Kitahachi Kitariya |
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Daisuke Katō as Yajirobei Tochimen'ya |
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Norihei Miki as Tarashirô Hanamizu |
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Keiko Awaji as Oimo / Osatsu |
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Akira Takarada as Akinosuke Takarai |
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Izumi Yukimura as Oyuki |
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Toshirō Mifune as Toshinoshin Taya |
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Ryō Ikebe as Ryônosuke Taya |
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Yaeko Mizutani as Oyoshi |
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Nobuko Otowa as Ofutsu / maid |
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Kyū Sazanka as Genban Oniyama |
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Kichijirō Ueda as Seichûsai Maruhashi |
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Musei Tokugawa as Ikku Jippensha |
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Mariko Miyagi as Omari |
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Ichirō Arishima as Ichrôzaemon Arishima |
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Bokuzen Hidari as |
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Yasuko Nakada as Oyasu |
| Directing | Yasuki Chiba | Director |
| Writing | Ryōzō Kasahara | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ikku Jippensha | Novel |
| Art | Takeo Kita | Art Direction |
| Production | Sanezumi Fujimoto | Producer |
| Editing | Shûsuke Teraide | Editor |
| Production | Shirô Yamamoto | Producer |
| Camera | Rokurô Nishigaki | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Yūji Koseki | Original Music Composer |