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)

Release Date

29 April 1958

113 minutes

Director

Main Cast

Kitahachi Kitariya
Yajirobei Tochimen'ya
Tarashirô Hanamizu
Oimo / Osatsu
Akinosuke Takarai
Toshinoshin Taya
Ryônosuke Taya
Ofutsu / maid
Genban Oniyama
Seichûsai Maruhashi

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