Yaji and Kita on the Road

1h 53min

Comedy

Adventure

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

Keiju Kobayashi

Kitahachi Kitariya
Daisuke Katō

Daisuke Katō

Yajirobei Tochimen'ya
Norihei Miki

Norihei Miki

Tarashirô Hanamizu
Keiko Awaji

Keiko Awaji

Oimo / Osatsu
Akira Takarada

Akira Takarada

Akinosuke Takarai
Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

Toshinoshin Taya
Ryō Ikebe

Ryō Ikebe

Ryônosuke Taya
Nobuko Otowa

Nobuko Otowa

Ofutsu / maid
Kyū Sazanka

Kyū Sazanka

Genban Oniyama
Kichijirō Ueda

Kichijirō Ueda

Seichûsai Maruhashi
Musei Tokugawa

Musei Tokugawa

Ikku Jippensha
Ichirō Arishima

Ichirō Arishima

Ichrôzaemon Arishima

Release date

29th Apr 1958

Status

Released

Spoken languages

日本語