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    Giants and Toys

    Poster of the movie Giants and Toys [1958]
    1958     Comedy-drama    
    1h 35min

    Three Japanese advertising companies are in a fierce competition to dominate the toffee market. (Nishi), an ambitious employee at the World company, comes up with a plan to hire (Kyoko), a young girl from the slums, and make her the face of their brand. His strategy is so successful that she becomes a true idol. As (Nishi) exhausts himself with the campaign, (Kyoko) encounters the harsh realities and cynicism of modern capitalism and learns to adapt to them, albeit with some disillusionment.

    Directed byYasuzô Masumura
    Written byTakeshi Kaikô, Yoshio Shirasaka
    CompanyFantomaFantomaFantoma
    Original titleKyojin to gangu
    Original lang.Japanese
    CountryJapan

    Starring

    Hiroshi Kawaguchi
    Hitomi Nozoe
    Hideo Takamatsu
    Michiko Ono
    Yûnosuke Itô
    Kyû Sazanka
    Kôichi Fujiyama
    Yoshihiro Hamaguchi
    Kinzô Shin
    Hikaru Hoshi
    Mantarô Ushio
    Yasushi Sugita
    Fujio Harumoto
    Hiroko Machida
    Sachiko Meguro
    Fumiko Murata
    Osamu Abe
    Tatsuo Hanabu
    Kenji Ôyama
    Tadashi Date
    Kisao Tobita
    Naoyasu Itô
    Tôru Takami
    Eiichi Takamura
    Kôichi Itô
    Jun Osanai
    Yoshio Takee
    Hisako Horigome
    Aiko Yamakawa
    Tsuneko Sudô
    Nobuo Minamitaka
    Manabu Morita
    Shûichi Minato
    Mitsuhiko Kurosu
    Ken Yamaguchi
    Gen Harada
    Jôji Miyajima
    Fujio Yonezawa
    Fumio Nakae
    Kôji Matsuyama
    Shunji Tsuda
    Tsutomu Nakata
    Yûji Shimada
    Ken Nakahara
    Rin Sugimori
    Shôji Ishigami
    Tetsurô Takeuchi
    Michiko Miyato

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