Underplayed Gems

Five Gents On The Spot (1966)

Five Gents On The Spot poster
Original title
続 社長行状記
Directed by
Shūe Matsubayashi
Genre
comedy, drama
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A company president tries to expand his business by partnering with a French firm. He and his team travel to northern Japan to inspect a textile factory, but the French representative's womanizing causes chaos. A secretary whose wife is targeted gets into a big fight with the representative, and the president's trip goes off the rails.

light-heartedcomedicbriskplayfulschemingfrustratedold-fashionedwhimsical

What happens

『続・社長行状記』(ぞく しゃちょうぎょうじょうき)は、1966年2月25日に東宝系で公開された日本映画。カラー。東宝スコープ。 桑原サンライズ社長の彌一郎は、益々社運を発展させるべくフランスのチオール商会とさらなる提携で安くて魅力ある婦人既製服の販売を打診するが、チオール商会日本支配人・安中は、安くても品質を落としてはチオールのためにならないとなかなか首を縦に振らない。北陸の安価で生地がいいという福井レイヨンに行き品質、染色の仕上がりをみて契約するか決めたいという。かくして一行は、北陸の旅へ赴くことになる。しかし、安中の女性という女性を口説きまくるという性質の男で、秘書課長の小島の女房にもちょっかいを出す始末。ついに小島の堪忍袋が切れて安中と大喧嘩になる。金沢で旧四高時代の恋人によく似た若い女性とのアバンチュールを期待していた彌一郎の目論見はなくなるばかりか社運にも関わる一大事に慌てふためくのだった。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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