Japan / Jan 15, 1963
Devices Stronger Than Women (1963)
Directed by Yasuki Chiba
1h 34minruntime
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Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.”
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Akihiko Hirata | Rokusuke Sakai (CM Song Lyricist) |
| Keiko Yanagawa | Kimiko Yoshino (Hinode Life Secretary) |
| Haruko Tōgō | Matsuyo Sano (Kinsaku’s wife) |
| Yū Fujiki |
Genres
Comedy
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | 女に強くなる工夫の数々 |
| Original language | 日本語 (JA) |
| Spoken languages | 日本語 |
| Production countries | Japan |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | TOHO |
| Release date | 15 gennaio 1963 |
| Production | Sanezumi Fujimoto |
| Writer | Ichirō Ikeda, Ryōzō Kasahara |
| Editing | Eiji Ooi |
| Cinematography | Rokurô Nishigaki, Seiichi Endo |
| Assistant directors | Yasuki Chiba |
| Lighting | Kakuzo Nishikawa, Toshio Takashima |
| Camera operators | Rokurô Nishigaki, Seiichi Endo |
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| Additional photography | Rokurô Nishigaki, Seiichi Endo |
| Production design | Satoru Chūko |
| Art direction | Satoru Chūko |
| Set decoration | Satoru Chūko |
| Music | Hachiro Matsui, Wataru Onuma, Masanao Uehara, Hisashi Shimonaga |
| Sound | Hachiro Matsui, Wataru Onuma, Masanao Uehara, Hisashi Shimonaga |
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