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Status
Released
Release
1960
Runtime
1h 25m
A struggling salesman at World Electric finds his major deal blocked by internal politics and pressure from all sides. During a company trip to Beppu, personal entanglements and old company secrets surface, forcing difficult choices and quiet compromises.
29 Cast Members
Hisaya Morishige
Shirō Sawamura (Executive Director)
Keiju Kobayashi
Namikichi Yashiro (Employee)
Daisuke Katō
Kumakichi Onizuka (Maiko's father)
Michiyo Aratama
Akiko Hakoda (Secretary)
Izumi Yukimura
Maiko Yashiro (Namikichi's wife)
Ichirō Arishima
Taiji Ise (Section Chief)
Yoshiko Tsubouchi
Asako Onizuka (Maiko's mother)
Chieko Naniwa
Tsuruko Miyaguchi (Widow of founder)
Eijirō Tōno
Isuke Tsujikura (President)
Mieko Kurenai
Yuriko Tsujikura (Isuke's daughter)
Murasaki Fujima
Fumiko Ise (Taiji's wife)
Chisako Hara
Masayoko Ōta (Barmaid)
Michiyo Tamaki
Yōko (Barmaid)
Haruko Tōgō
Nobuko Kanda (Madam)
Sen Yoda
Ippei Kanda (Nobuko's child)
Noriko Sengoku
Chie (Proprietress)
Kenzō Tabu
Department Chief Ebata
Yoyo Miyata
Branch Manager Matsuoka
Bokuzen Hidari
Clerk at Haruyoshi Inn
Yutaka Sada
