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Yaji and Kita on the Road

Yaji and Kita on the Road

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 29, 1958

Runtime

1h 53m

Genres

Comedy, Adventure

Original Title

弥次喜多道中記

Production Companies

TOHO

Director

Yasuki Chiba

Description

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)