The Spiders: Wild Scheme A-Go Go

The Spiders: Wild Scheme A-Go Go (ザ・スパイダースのゴーゴー向う見ず作戦, Za Supaidasu no gôgô utau mizu sakusen), also known as The Spiders' the Reckless Operation, is a 1967 Japanese musical comedy film directed by Buichi Saito and produced by Nikkatsu. 

 Plot 
When Ken's lover Chino won the amateur song contest, Chino replied to the moderator's question that if there was a person who had no lover yet but went straight to his place over all obstacles, she would accept courtship. Chino said so to encourage Ken. However, the young people of the seven-member group (starring The Spiders), who were watching TV in Yokohama, they began to march straight towards Tokyo, inspired by Chino's advice. They broke through the large glass of a coffee shop, proceeded through a crossroads of cars, caused a six-fold collision, and tried to pass through the police station on the way, but they were charges of ignoring signals, invading peoples houses, and damaging property. This cause the police to arrested the group. However, Jun and his friends were pardoned, saying they just wanted to walk straight. 

On the other hand, Ken was encouraged by his bandmate Koji and decided to walk straight to Chino's house, which was next to the three houses, but Professor Mikami, who lives right next to his house, refused Ken to see his daughter, so he tried to force it again. Ken gave up the halfway plan because he was caught in the security bell of the Mikami family. Around that time, the eccentricity of the seven-member group finally began to become a hot topic in the news and headlines. A news photographer take several photographs of these seven members, and a critic praised them as "A young men who longs for a straight line", which became a national topic. However, the seven young men were not pleased with such a false name at all, and just continued walking for the purpose. 

Ken knew about the seven-member group on TV, and couldn't help but courageously digged a tunnel bellow of Chino's house with his father's words to take Chino. By the time Ken worked hard day and night digging a tunnel, the seven young men were approaching Chino's house at the last moment. Koji and his colleagues, who saw him as in jeopardy, quickly stopped in front of the seven-member group and hindered their progress, so Ken rushed to Chino's house by a small margin. Chino was so impressed with his health that she hugged him tightly. On the other hand, the lagging seven-member group, admitting defeat, went straight away toward the sun, which was about to set with a rainbow appeared at the end of the film.

 Cast 

 Shochi Tanabe as Shōchi
 Takayuki Inoue as Takayuki
 Jun Inoue as Jun
 Masaaki Sakai as Masaaki
 Katsuo Ohno as Katsuo
 Hiroshi Kamayatsu as Hiroshi
 Mtsuru Kato as Kato
 Ken Yamauchi as Ken
 Koji Wada as Koji
 Hajime Sugiyama as Eisuke
 Masahiro Kinoshita as Mitsuhiko
 Chieko Matsubara as Chino
 Kenzo Shimamura as TV presenter
 Shinzo Shibata as TV station staff Sugai
 Asao Uchida as Professor Mikami
 Reiko Arai as Mrs. Mikami
 Bontaro Taira as Master
 Edith Hanson as Wife
 Kompei Hayashiya as Maotoko
 Kingorō Yanagiya as Ken's father
 Village Singers
 Eiji Go as Cowboy actor
 Buichi Satio as director himself
 Toyoko Takechi as Old woman
 Kōji Nakata, Hiroya Ishimaru, Michihiro Ikemizu, Masaru Ikeda, Keizo Kawasaki, Seiichirô Kameishi as Police officers
 Tomo'o Nagai as Superintendent of the Metropolitan Police
 Eiji Muto as Police commander 
 Kiyoshi Komiyama as News reporter
 Masaaki Tsukada as Store robber
Hiroko Maruyama as Store hostage
 Eiko Masuyama, Haruko Kitahama, Midori Katō, Tomoe Hiiro as Teahouse servants
 Masako Ebisu, Sumie Sakai, Kazuko Sugiyama, Chinatsu Nakayama, Isao Sakuma, Keiichi Noda, Taichirō Hirokawa, Nachi Nozawa as Bystanders 

 Staff 

 Producer: Hideo Sasai
 Screenwriters: Sô Kuramoto, Akira Saiga
 Director: Buichi Saito
 Cinematographer: Yoshihiro Yamazaki
 Music Composer: Taiichirô Kosugi
 Production Designer: Kimihiko Nakamura
 Sound Recordist: Saburô Takahashi
 Lighting Technician: Mitsuo Ônishi
 Photographer: Masao Bando
 Editor: Mitsuo Kondo

Category:1967 comedy movies
Category:1967 musical movies
Category:Japanese comedy movies
Category:Movies directed by Buichi Saitô