Yaji and Kita on the Road

Yaji and Kita on the Road

113 mins | Comedy, Adventure | April 29, 1958

Two residents of Edo city Yaji and Kita make a journey to the temple of Ise, as part of a religious pilgrimage, but actually to get away from their wives for a little while. As they travel, they are constantly beset by complications involving women, mistaken identity, and misunderstood events. Another film adaptation of the famous novel Ikku Jippensha Footing It Along the Tokaido (Tokaidochu Hizakurige)

Yaji and Kita on the Road

113 mins | Comedy, Adventure | April 29, 1958

Yaji and Kita on the Road
Two residents of Edo city Yaji and Kita make a journey to the temple of Ise, as part of a religious pilgrimage, but actually to get away from their wives for a little while. As they travel, they are constantly beset by complications involving women, mistaken identity, and misunderstood events. Another film adaptation of the famous novel Ikku Jippensha Footing It Along the Tokaido (Tokaidochu Hizakurige)
Producers Toho Company, Ltd.
Original title 弥次喜多道中記
Directors Yasuki Chiba
Writers Ikku Jippensha, Ryōzō Kasahara

Cast

Keiju Kobayashi

as Kitahachi Kitariya

Daisuke Katō

as Yajirobei Tochimen'ya

Norihei Miki

as Tarashirô Hanamizu

Keiko Awaji

as Oimo / Osatsu

Akira Takarada

as Akinosuke Takarai

Izumi Yukimura

as Oyuki

Toshirō Mifune

as Toshinoshin Taya

Ryō Ikebe

as Ryônosuke Taya

Yaeko Mizutani

as Oyoshi

Nobuko Otowa

as Ofutsu / maid

Kyū Sazanka

as Genban Oniyama

Kichijirô Ueda

as Seichûsai Maruhashi

Musei Tokugawa

as Ikku Jippensha

Mariko Miyagi

as Omari

Yasuko Nakada

as Oyasu

Ichirô Arishima

as Ichrôzaemon Arishima