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Yaji and Kita on the Road
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Yaji and Kita on the Road 1958 Directed by Yasuki Chiba 弥次喜多道中記

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)

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gneres Adventure , Comedy
Production Company TOHO
Release Date 29 April 1958
113 mins
Cast
Keiju Kobayashi
Keiju Kobayashi Kitahachi Kitariya
Daisuke Katō
Daisuke Katō Yajirobei Tochimen'ya
Norihei Miki
Norihei Miki Tarashirô Hanamizu
Keiko Awaji
Keiko Awaji Oimo / Osatsu
Akira Takarada
Akira Takarada Akinosuke Takarai
Izumi Yukimura
Izumi Yukimura Oyuki
Toshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune Toshinoshin Taya
Ryō Ikebe
Ryō Ikebe Ryônosuke Taya
Yaeko Mizutani
Yaeko Mizutani Oyoshi
Nobuko Otowa
Nobuko Otowa Ofutsu / maid
Kyū Sazanka
Kyū Sazanka Genban Oniyama
Kichijirō Ueda
Kichijirō Ueda Seichûsai Maruhashi
Musei Tokugawa
Musei Tokugawa Ikku Jippensha
Mariko Miyagi
Mariko Miyagi Omari
Ichirō Arishima
Ichirō Arishima Ichrôzaemon Arishima
Bokuzen Hidari
Bokuzen Hidari
Yasuko Nakada
Yasuko Nakada Oyasu
Crew
Director
Yasuki Chiba
Yasuki Chiba
Writer
Ryōzō Kasahara
Ryōzō Kasahara
Producers
Sanezumi Fujimoto
Sanezumi Fujimoto
Shirô Yamamoto
Shirô Yamamoto
Cinematography
Rokurô Nishigaki
Rokurô Nishigaki
Composer
Yūji Koseki
Yūji Koseki
Editor
Shûsuke Teraide
Shûsuke Teraide
Original Writer
Ikku Jippensha
Ikku Jippensha
Art Direction
Takeo Kita
Takeo Kita