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Devices Stronger Than Women (1963)

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.”

Release: 1963-01-15
Runtime: 94 min
Cast
Akira Takarada
Akira Takarada
Shin Takayama (Nanahikari Electric publicity staff)
Tadao Takashima
Tadao Takashima
Goro Miyake (Tozai Trading accounting staff)
Hitoshi Ueki
Hitoshi Ueki
Hitoshi Noguchi (Playboy)
Yōko Tsukasa
Yōko Tsukasa
Eiko Suda (CM Girl)
Frankie Sakai
Frankie Sakai
Nobuo Koyama (Kimono shop heir)
Yumi Shirakawa
Yumi Shirakawa
Reiko Koyama (Nobuo’s wife)
Reiko Dan
Reiko Dan
Megumi Miyake (Goro’s wife)
Daisuke Katō
Daisuke Katō
Daisaku Sugishita (Publicity Manager)
Chikage Awashima
Chikage Awashima
Yasuko Sugishita (Daisaku’s wife)
Ichirō Arishima
Ichirō Arishima
Taichi Kakegawa (Librarian)
Keiko Awaji
Keiko Awaji
Yoshiko Kakegawa (Taichi’s wife)
Mitsuko Kusabue
Mitsuko Kusabue
Yoko Nakamura (real name: Haruko Oshima)
Akihiko Hirata
Akihiko Hirata
Rokusuke Sakai (CM Song Lyricist)
Keiko Yanagawa
Keiko Yanagawa
Kimiko Yoshino (Hinode Life Secretary)
Haruko Tōgō
Haruko Tōgō
Matsuyo Sano (Kinsaku’s wife)