Yaji and Kita on the Road

Comedy, Adventure · 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)

Starring

Keiju Kobayashi, Sanezumi Fujimoto, Daisuke Katō, Takeo Kita, Norihei Miki, Ryōzō Kasahara, Rokurô Nishigaki, Keiko Awaji, Akira Takarada, Yûji Koseki

Director

Yasuki Chiba