Giants and Toys

Giants and Toys (1958)

巨人と玩具

Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.

Date of release
1958-06-22
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (43)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Yasuzō Masumura

Casting

Interesting facts

Giants and Toys , also titled The Build-Up, is a 1958 Japanese satirical comedy film directed by Yasuzo Masumura based on a story by Takeshi Kaikō.

Production

Giants and Toys originated as a short story written by Takeshi Kaikō. After Kaikō won the Akutagawa Prize in 1957 for The Naked King, Daiei Film bought the rights to Giants and Toys. The story was an entry in the "business novel" (経済小説, keizai shōsetsu) genre, which satirizes Japanese workers' devotion to their corporations.

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