Yaji and Kita on the Road (1958)
Original title: 弥次喜多道中記
Yaji and Kita on the Road is a 1958 Japanese-language comedy movie directed by Yasuki Chiba, with a running time of 1h 53m. It stars Keiju Kobayashi, Daisuke Katō and Norihei Miki.
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)
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
- Kichijirō Ueda as Seichûsai Maruhashi