We Are Salarymen (1963)
Drama
Director: Seiji Maruyama
Eiichiro, a talented young salesman, grows disillusioned with office politics and returns to his family’s traditional tofu business, applying skill and rational planning to modernize it. Alongside his siblings, he transforms the shop into a thriving company, while his sister Atsuko overcomes social obstacles to marry.
Cast
Keiju Kobayashi
Head of Sales, Seihō Electric
Yōko Tsukasa
Eiichiro’s Wife
Jun Funato
Koichi Motohashi (Executive’s Son, Atsuko’s Lover)
Yōsuke Natsuki
Hiroji Komuro (Eiichiro’s Younger Brother)
Ganjirō Nakamura II
Seizo Komuro (Eiichiro’s Father)
Mayumi Ozora
Atsuko Komuro (Eiichiro’s Sister)
Daisuke Katō
Executive Motohashi
Kumi Mizuno
Sanae Komuro (Hiroji’s Wife)
Chieko Naniwa
Oshige
Kumeko Urabe
Shizuko Komuro (Eiichiro’s Mother)