
Mega star Akira Kobayashi stars as Jiro in the rambunctious tale of a chef who opens a restaurant in the busy Ginza district. His culinary skills and dashing good looks bring in the women as well as unwanted trouble, while an explosive political scandal builds around his girlfriend’s business...
Cast

Akira Kobayashi
Jirô Shimizu

Ruriko Asaoka
Hideko Matsuda

Sanae Nakahara
Rirako

Arihiro Fujimura
Kaneda

Hiroshi Kondō
Senkichi

Shoichi Ozawa
Hamakawa

Toranosuke Ogawa
Onizaemon Ippon'yari

Shin Morikawa
Chôgorô Shimizu

Hisao Toake
Imamura

Masao Mishima
Asai
Kyosuke Aihara
Ryûzô Asai
Yōko Kozono
Michiko

Fudeko Tanaka
Chiyo Shimizu

Reiko Arai
Asai's wife

Nobuo Kawakami
Unknown

Saburo Hiromatsu
Unknown

Yuko Chishiro
Unknown
Toyo Fukuda
Kimie Nakamura

Mikiko Sakai
Unknown

Keiko Hara
Tsuru Matsuda

Hyōsuke Kanbe
Unknown
Ikunosuke Koizumi
Unknown
Ryusei Ito
Unknown

Keisuke Noro
Bunkichi Nakamura
Norikatsu Hanamura
Unknown
Shusui Tsuda
Unknown
Gō Kuroda
Unknown

Tomio Aoki
Unknown
Densuke Mitsuzawa
Unknown
Kōji Seyama
Konishi
Crew

Buichi Saitō
Director
Tsuyoshi Ishigôoka
Screenplay

Kenrō Matsuura
Story
Mitsuo Kondō
Editor
Kuratarō Takamura
Director of Photography

Tatsumi Kumashiro
Assistant Director
Kaneo Iwai
Producer
Tsugio Yonezu
Sound
Taichiro Kosugi
Original Music Composer
Masatoshi Kurihashi
Production Manager
Kimihiko Nakamura
Art Direction
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