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You Can Succeed, Too: Directed by Eizô Sugawa. With Hiroshi Akitsu, Ichirô Arishima, Arihiro Fujimura, Bin Furuya. The closest Japanese cinema ever came to the full-blown Broadway style musical, with singing and dancing on the streets of Tokyo, music by avant-garde composer and jazzman Toshiro Mayuzumi, and lyrics by renowned poet Shuntaro ...
- (63)
- Comedy, Musical
- Eizô Sugawa
- 1964-12
Oct 21, 2019 · Kimi mo shusse ga dekiru (1964) AKA You Can Succeed, Too. 4.1. ( 8) Popular jazz drummer and actor Frankie Sakai stars in this comic version of the “industrial competition” genre: two tourism companies compete for foreign clients in the run up to the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
You Can Succeed, Too traces the impossible desire of Japan to fully embrace American ideals right down to its fantastically ostentatious and artificial stage sets. Jazz drummer and comedian Frankie Sakai is a stocky wonder of rhythm and physical comedy, a constant source of fascination whenever he appears on screen.
- (235)
- TOHO
- Eizō Sugawa
May 8, 2021 · 1964 Toho-produced musical starring Tadao Takashima, Frankie Sakai, Izumi Yukimura and Mie Hama.
- 100 min
May 27, 2020 · You Can Succeed, Too! is a wonderfully energetic, bright, and funny musical comedy. Directed by Eizo Sugawa, it strikes me as one of Japan’s most enjoyable corporate conflict films – a strange sub-genre of both comedy and drama that stems from the economic booms of the 1950s and 1960s.
The closest Japanese cinema ever came to the full-blown Broadway style musical, with singing and dancing on the streets of Tokyo, music by avant-garde composer and jazzman Toshiro Mayuzumi, lyrics by renowned poet.
You Can Succeed, Too (1964) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
