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Giants and Toys is a 1958 Japanese comedy film directed by Yasuzo Masumura and starring Hiroshi Kawaguchi. It portrays the increasingly frenzied efforts of the World candy company to compete with the rival Giant and Apollo companies over caramel sales. World "discovers" a tomboy girl with bad teeth to be the center of their promotional campaign, involving colorful space suits and ray guns. It turns out that as she becomes famous that she's less and less inclined to go along with World's plans for her.
Original Release
06/22/1958
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Hiroshi Kawaguchi | Yôsuke Nishi / Yousuke Nishi |
| Hitomi Nozoe | Kyôko Shima / Kyoko Shima |
| Hideo Takamatsu | Ryûji Goda / Ryuji Goda |
| Michiko Ono | Masami Kurahashi |
| Yunosuke Ito | Junji Harukawa |
| Kyû Sazanka | Ryûzô Higashi / Takakura Higashi |
| Kôichi Fujiyama | Tadao Yokoyama |
| Yoshihiro Hamaguchi | Driver C |
| Kinzô Shin | Kôhei Yashiro / Kohei Yashiro |
| Hikaru Hoshi | Kurosawa |
Directors
Writers
Takeshi Kaikô, Yoshio Shirasaka
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Hiroshi Kawaguchi | Yôsuke Nishi / Yousuke Nishi |
| Hitomi Nozoe | Kyôko Shima / Kyoko Shima |
| Hideo Takamatsu | Ryûji Goda / Ryuji Goda |
| Michiko Ono | Masami Kurahashi |
| Yunosuke Ito | Junji Harukawa |
| Kyû Sazanka | Ryûzô Higashi / Takakura Higashi |
| Kôichi Fujiyama | Tadao Yokoyama |
| Yoshihiro Hamaguchi | Driver C |
| Kinzô Shin | Kôhei Yashiro / Kohei Yashiro |
| Hikaru Hoshi | Kurosawa |
| Mantarô Ushio | Natsuki |
| Yasushi Sugita | Producer |
| Fujio Harumoto | Shimomura |
| Hiroko Machida | Suzue, Gôda's wife / Suzue Goda |
| Sachiko Meguro | Iwafuji / Iwasaki |
| Fumiko Murata | Kiku, Kyôko's mother / Kiku |
| Shô Natsuki | Minami |
| Osamu Abe | Wrestler |
| Tatsuo Hanabu | Fuyuzaki / Fuyusaki |
| Kenji Ôyama | Kita |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Hiroaki Fujii | Producer |
| Hidemasa Nagata | Producer |
