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1963 Comedy Drama 1h 38m

Company President Travels Abroad

Executives from a Japanese department store travel to Hawaii to acquire land for expansion but become entangled in romantic distractions and miscommunication. By the time they act, the property is lost to a rival, forcing an abrupt return to Tokyo and uncertain outcomes.

8.0 TMDB RATING
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Principal Cast

Hisaya Morishige

Kazama Keinosuke (President)

Keiju Kobayashi

Nakamura Hiroshi (Chief Secretary)

Daisuke Katō

Oshima Gentaro (Executive Director)

Norihei Miki

Chinda Bunjiro (Sales Manager)

Michiyo Aratama

Kiyoko (Madam of Sakura-tei, Hawaii)

Frankie Sakai

George Okitsu (3rd-gen Japanese American)

Yōko Fujiyama

Aida Harue (Store Announcer)

Asami Kuji

Kazama Sachiko (Keinosuke’s Wife)

Mitsuko Kusabue

Mayako (Bar Madam)

Machiko Naka

Megumi (Keinosuke’s Eldest Daughter)

Hiroko Sakurai

Hiromi (Keinosuke’s Second Daughter)

Setsuko Hanuna

Catherine Okada (3rd-gen Japanese Clerk)

Yuriko Hanabusa

Nakamura Mine (Hiroshi’s Mother)

Atsuko Ichinomiya

Aida Kimiko (Harue’s Mother)

Seizaburō Kawazu

Mizutani (President of Fukusukeya)

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