Yaji and Kita on the Road

Overview

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

Kitahachi Kitariya

Daisuke Katō

Yajirobei Tochimen'ya

Norihei Miki

Tarashirô Hanamizu

Keiko Awaji

Oimo / Osatsu

Akira Takarada

Akinosuke Takarai

Izumi Yukimura

Oyuki

Toshirō Mifune

Toshinoshin Taya

Ryō Ikebe

Ryônosuke Taya

Yaeko Mizutani

Oyoshi

Nobuko Otowa

Ofutsu / maid