Summary
Mega star Akira Kobayashi stars as Jiro in the rambunctious tale of a chef who opens a restaurant in the busy Ginza district. His culinary skills and dashing good looks bring in the women as well as unwanted trouble, while an explosive political scandal builds around his girlfriend’s business...
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Party vibe
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 63GoodWatch 66
IMDb6.3
Running time
1 h 19 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 action movies, −29 min on the typical 108
typical 10879Half of all action movies run 96–127 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 4 more
Released
1960
July 29, 1960
66 years ago
Genres
ActionComedyLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
- Japan
and 12 more18 people
- Akira KobayashiJirô Shimizu
- Ruriko AsaokaHideko Matsuda
- Sanae NakaharaRirako
- Arihiro FujimuraKaneda
- Hiroshi KondōSenkichi
- Shoichi OzawaHamakawa
- Toranosuke OgawaOnizaemon Ippon'yari
- Shin MorikawaChôgorô Shimizu
Hisao ToakeImamura
Masao MishimaAsai- KAKyosuke AiharaRyûzô Asai
Yōko KozonoMichiko
Fudeko TanakaChiyo Shimizu
Reiko AraiAsai's wife- TFToyo FukudaKimie Nakamura
Keiko HaraTsuru Matsuda
Keisuke NoroBunkichi Nakamura- KSKōji SeyamaKonishi
Directing · 2
- Buichi Saitō Director
- Tatsumi Kumashiro Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Tsuyoshi Ishigôoka Screenplay
- Kenrō Matsuura Story
Production · 2
- Kaneo Iwai Producer
- Masatoshi Kurihashi Production Manager
Camera · 1
- Kuratarō Takamura Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Mitsuo Kondō Editor
Sound · 2
- Taichiro Kosugi Original Music Composer
- Tsugio Yonezu Sound
Art · 1
- Kimihiko Nakamura Art Direction
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