

Devices Stronger Than Women
1963 Directed by Yasuki ChibaAn 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.”
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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)
Director
...........................................................Yasuki Chiba
Producer
...........................................................Masumi Fujimoto
Screenplay
...........................................................Ichirō Ikeda
Ryōzō Kasahara
Music
...........................................................Hachiro Matsui
Director of Photography
...........................................................Rokurô Nishigaki
Seiichi Endo
Production Companies
...................................................TOHO
Production Countries
........................................................Japan
Spoken Languages
....................................................日本語
Genres
....................................................Comedy
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