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Giants and Toys
Directed by
Yasuzō Masumura
1958
1h 35m
Comedy
,
Drama
7.2
100%
82%
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In the middle of a fierce commercial competition among three caramel companies, an executive builds up a ditzy teenage girl as a mascot while simultaneously trying to uncover the rival companies' plans.
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Cast of Giants and Toys
Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Yousuke Nishi
Hitomi Nozoe
Kyoko Shima
Yūnosuke Itō
Junji Harukawa
Michiko Ono
Masami Kurahashi
Kyū Sazanka
Takakura Higashi
Kinzō Shin
Kohei Yashiro
Hideo Takamatsu
Ryuji Goda
Hisako Horigome
Miyuki Fujimoto
Mantarō Ushio
Natsuki
Osamu Abe
Yoshihiro Hamaguchi
Tatsuo Hanabu
Fuyusaki
Hikaru Hoshi
Kurosawa
Kōichi Itō
Haruoka
Naoyasu Itō
Nakazaki
Hiroko Machida
Suzue Goda
Sachiko Meguro
Iwasaki
Fumiko Murata
Kiku
Shō Natsuki
Minami
Tsuneko Sudō
Eiichi Takamura
Akimura
Kisao Tobita
Matsuya
Tetsuya Watanabe
Kōichi Fujiyama
Tadao Yokoyama
Fujio Harumoto
Shimomura
Kenji Oyama
Kita
Kan Takami
Ototsu
Yoshio Takee
Kaneko
Shōzaburō Date
Ekichi
Nobuo Minamitaka
Sarusawa
Jirō Tamiya
Student (uncredited)
Giants and Toys Ratings & Reviews
Psychocinematography
Pieter-Jan Van Haecke
The composition of Giants and Toys stands out due its cinematographic dynamism and its pleasing flow. As can be expected, Masamura also utilize his composition to strengthen his thematical explorations.
The New Yorker
Richard Brody
The heartless pressures of corporate life and the giddy wonders of its mass-media creations merge in the Japanese director Yasuzo Masumura's derisively satirical 1958 melodrama "Giants and Toys."
The Movie Sleuth
Michelle Kisner
Giants and Toys is an overwhelming film both visually and aurally and it culminates in an over-the-top third act that ties everything together and delivers a rather nihilistic punchline that skewers both capitalism and Japanese work culture.
Elements of Madness
Douglas Davidson
The tale is cynical and satirical as it examines the workplace of Japan as it transitions from the traditional bushido ... into something more American. Timing may be coincidental, but that doesn't make the message within Masumura's film any less potent.
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Masumura drives the intensity of his comedy right up to the edge, asking his characters to give up their hearts, their dignity and their very lives.
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