Two young salesmen spend their days selling learning materials. They walk and walk, but their performance doesn't improve, and they can't find a woman. In the meantime, one of them is attacked by a street thief and is seriously injured and loses his mind. This black-and-white film powerfully captures the sorrows of these men with a hodgepodge of action, slapstick, musicals and everything in between, backed by a riot of oldies, songs and commercials.
Hiroki Ogawa
Tomoko Takamoto
Nobuki Moriwaki
Hidehiko Konno
Two young salesmen spend their days selling learning materials. They walk and walk, but their performance doesn't improve, and they can't find a woman. In the meantime, one of them is attacked by a street thief and is seriously injured and loses his mind. This black-and-white film powerfully captures the sorrows of these men with a hodgepodge of action, slapstick, musicals and everything in between, backed by a riot of oldies, songs and commercials.
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