Devices Stronger Than Women

Overview

An ad campaign for a TV show called the “Male Training Contest” stirs chaos at a major electronics company. 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.”

Directed by Yasuki Chiba

Top cast

Akira Takarada

Shin Takayama (Nanahikari Electric publicity staff)

Tadao Takashima

Goro Miyake (Tozai Trading accounting staff)

Hitoshi Ueki

Hitoshi Noguchi (Playboy)

Yōko Tsukasa

Eiko Suda (CM Girl)

Frankie Sakai

Nobuo Koyama (Kimono shop heir)

Yumi Shirakawa

Reiko Koyama (Nobuo’s wife)

Reiko Dan

Megumi Miyake (Goro’s wife)

Daisuke Katō

Daisaku Sugishita (Publicity Manager)

Chikage Awashima

Yasuko Sugishita (Daisaku’s wife)

Ichirō Arishima

Taichi Kakegawa (Librarian)

Keiko Awaji

Yoshiko Kakegawa (Taichi’s wife)

Mitsuko Kusabue

Yoko Nakamura (real name: Haruko Oshima)

Akihiko Hirata

Rokusuke Sakai (CM Song Lyricist)

Keiko Yanagawa

Kimiko Yoshino (Hinode Life Secretary)

Haruko Tōgō

Matsuyo Sano (Kinsaku’s wife)

Yū Fujiki

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