Devices Stronger Than Women
1963-01-15 | 94 minutes
Plot Summary
An ad campaign for a TV show called the “Male Training Contest” stirs chaos at a major electronics company. PR staffer Takayama opposes it, but his girlfriend Eiko, the show’s host, supports the idea. 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.”
Cast
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Akira TakaradaShin Takayama (Nanahikari Electric publicity staff)
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Tadao TakashimaGoro Miyake (Tozai Trading accounting staff)
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Hitoshi UekiHitoshi Noguchi (Playboy)
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Yōko TsukasaEiko Suda (CM Girl)
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Frankie SakaiNobuo Koyama (Kimono shop heir)
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Yumi ShirakawaReiko Koyama (Nobuo’s wife)
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Reiko DanMegumi Miyake (Goro’s wife)
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Daisuke KatōDaisaku Sugishita (Publicity Manager)
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Chikage AwashimaYasuko Sugishita (Daisaku’s wife)
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Ichirō ArishimaTaichi Kakegawa (Librarian)
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Keiko AwajiYoshiko Kakegawa (Taichi’s wife)
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Mitsuko KusabueYoko Nakamura (real name: Haruko Oshima)
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Akihiko HirataRokusuke Sakai (CM Song Lyricist)
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Keiko YanagawaKimiko Yoshino (Hinode Life Secretary)
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Haruko TōgōMatsuyo Sano (Kinsaku’s wife)