Devices Stronger Than Women
1963 · 94 min · Comedy
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
- Released
- January 15, 1963
- Language
- Japanese
Cast
Akira Takarada
Shin Takayama (Nanahikari Electric publicity staff)
Tadao Takashima
Goro Miyake (Tozai Trading accounting staff)
Hitoshi Ueki
Hitoshi Noguchi (Playboy)
Yōko Tsukasa
Eiko Suda (CM Girl)
Frankie Sakai
Nobuo Koyama (Kimono shop heir)
Yumi Shirakawa
Reiko Koyama (Nobuo’s wife)
Reiko Dan
Megumi Miyake (Goro’s wife)
Daisuke Katō
Daisaku Sugishita (Publicity Manager)
Chikage Awashima
Yasuko Sugishita (Daisaku’s wife)
Ichirō Arishima
Taichi Kakegawa (Librarian)
Keiko Awaji
Yoshiko Kakegawa (Taichi’s wife)
Mitsuko Kusabue
Yoko Nakamura (real name: Haruko Oshima)
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