Giants and Toys

Jun 22, 1958

1h 35m

★ 6.9

Overview

Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Daiei Film

Giants and Toys Trailers

Cast

Yousuke Nishi

Hiroshi Kawaguchi

Kyoko Shima

Hitomi Nozoe

Junji Harukawa

Yūnosuke Itō

Masami Kurahashi

Michiko Ono

Takakura Higashi

Kyū Sazanka

Kohei Yashiro

Kinzō Shin

Ryuji Goda

Hideo Takamatsu

Miyuki Fujimoto

Hisako Horigome

Natsuki

Mantarō Ushio

Osamu Abe

Yoshihiro Hamaguchi

Fuyusaki

Tatsuo Hanabu

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7.1

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6.6

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6.4

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