Musekinin yûkyôden

**Musekinin yûkyôden** (無責任遊侠伝, *Irresponsible Yuuden*) is a 1964 Japanese comedy film directed by Toshio Sugie and starring The Crazy Cats. The film was shot in CinemaScope (TohoScope). A salaryman comedy directed by Toshio Sugie, who had directed "Hibari, Chiemi, Izumi: Sannin yoreba" and original screenplay for "Doro inu" written by Keiichiro Ryu. The scenes was taken by cinematographer Taiichi Kankura.

## Musekinin yûkyôden

### Produced by

Shin Watanabe
Eizaburo Adachi

### Starring

Hitoshi Ueki
Hajime Hana
Kei Tani
Mie Hama
Bai Bing

### Music by

Hiroaki Hagiwara
Hiroshi Miyagawa

### Distributed by

Toho Company
Watanabe Productions

## Overview

Following "Crazy Cats" Go to Hong Kong in 1963, the 4th film of the "Crazy Operation Series", the scene was filmed in Hong Kong and Macau. The director for the film was Toshio Sugie who had filmed the group in Hong Kong, who put in charge of the production, and he made a cameo appearance as a guest at the racetrack during the parade.

Initially, it was planned to be released in March under the title of "Irresponsible Yuuden Den Toko Game" (無責任遊侠伝 出たとこ勝負), but after Hitoshi Ueki fell ill during filming and the production was interrupted, his first return work. After Ueki fell better and did the film in "Nippon ichi no horafuki otoko", its release was delayed until July 11. For this reason, the costumes worn by the characters in this film are a mixture of winter clothes and summer clothing depending on the scenes changing or editing.

In addition, the current reverse power was low, in which the chief art director is more prestigious than the section chief due to personal connections, has already been drawn.

The heroine for the film is Mie Hama, who became a regular cast for the project, and the up-and-coming actress, Michelle Bai, who is on sale in Hong Kong as a model for the commerical at that time as a sub heroine, appears in the role of Tani's younger sister. This also including supporting actors such as Keiko Awaji and Ichiro Arishima from Operation Crazy Hong Kong. Estonian mixed Armenian-born Japanese actor George Luiker, who is known as an early buyer of the "Shacho Series", has made his only appearance in the Crazy Film.

He also co-starring with The Crazy Cats, Mie Hama, Keiko Awaji, and Ichiro Arishima in "Wakai kisetsu" (movie version from a television program directed by Kengo Furusawa). Famous actor Akihiko Hirata, who is also known for playing Dr. Daisuke Serizawa in the original 1954 Godzilla film, will make his first appearance in a Crazy Cat film as Zhang Tianyu, the boss of the Macau Triad, and his anti-hero/villainous appearance is reminiscent in Toho's Ankokugai (Underworld) series.

## Plot

Hitoshi Ueda is a naturally talented businessman who had never loses the game and earn a lot of cash. One day, Ueda started gambling with a guest, Managing Director Hanaki, at a wedding reception at his hotel. Ueda was engrossed in betting and the reception was confusing because he was too excited to win the bet. Ueda became the hotel manager after winning the game. Keiko Awa, the daughter of the President Shoji Awa, who knew the history of the matter, sympathized with Ueda and tried to welcome him to the company.

However, Ueda, who learned to lead a carefree life, hated this job and decided to quit. However, his fiancée Kaneko Izumi, who wants Ueda to get a decent job, forcibly convinces him by taking advantage of her only weakness, her "dog allergy" that makes her nose itch when she sees a dog. Around that time, the company made a big fuss for closing business negotiations when Mr. Haeckel, a wealthy German buyer, arrived in Japan to buy their products. Ueda and Hanaki used Haeckel's game enthusiasts to successfully close the deal. But a few days later, it turned out that Haeckel was a fake person and he returned to Macau when he received his contract from an unknown person. The astonished president Awa immediately sent Ueda and Hanaki to Macau. Upon arriving in Macau, Ueda demonstrated his innate talent and immediately hijacked the gambling house.

Then, as he stood up triumphantly, he found Haeckel and knew from his mouth that the mastermind behind this betting was the infamous Zhang Tianyu, the boss of the Macau Triad. It was also Zhang who was trying to enter the playing field of the Chinese daughter Niang Xiuyu, whom he met her in Tokyo. Ueda, who was shroud and tenon, said, "Let's all get together," and confronted them with Kaneko and Keiko, who were thinking of him, in the cho-han game that Zhang Tianyu attending the bet. Although this game was spoiled once by the appearance of a dog, Ueda won the final game and returned the contract money and the place of play to each hand.

## Staff

* Producers: Shin Watanabe, Eizaburō Adachi
* Screenwriter: Keiichiro Ryu
* Music Composers: Hiroaki Hagiwara, Hiroshi Miyagawa
* Cinematographer: Taiichi Kankura
* Production Designer: Shinobu Muraki
* Sound Recordist: Wataru Onuma
* Lighting Technician: Ichirō Inohara
* Chief Assistant Director: Samaji Nonagase
* Production Manager: Takeshi Shimada
* Camera Assistants: Kuniichi Shiga, Takehisa Takarada
* Lighting Assistants: Katsuji Kaneko, Shinji Kojima, Shuichi Murakami, Masaharu Yamaguchi, Teruo Osawa, Yasuo Miyagawa, Hiroaki Honda, Keiji Yabuki
* Recording Assistant: Masahiro Sato
* Props Decorator: Kyuichi Higuchi
* Audio Engineer: Hisashi Shimonaga
* Still Photographer: Daizō Hata
* Choreographer: Kaoru Takebe
* Synthesis: Kazunobu Sanbe
* Sound Production: Toho Dubbing
* Development: Tokyo Laboratory
* Director: Toshio Sugie

## Cast

* Hitoshi Ueki as Hitoshi Ueda
* Kei Tani as Hideaki Chen
* Hajime Hana as Managing Director Hanaki
* Hiroshi Inuzuka as Section Chief Inukai
* Shin Yasuda as Chief Suzuki
* Senri Sakurai as Sakura
* Êtarô Ishibashi as Ando
* Mie Hama as Kaneko Izumi
* Bái Bīng as Chen Xiuyu
* Keiko Awaji as Keiko Awa
* Ichiro Arishima as President Shoji Awa
* Tôru Yuri as Managing Director Yoshikawa
* Akihiko HIrata as Zhang Tianyu
* Hideyo Amamoto, Nadao Kirino as Zhang's henchmen
* George Luiker as Haeckel
* Mo Chou as Fang Li
* Bokuzen Hidari as Oshō Donkai
* Ikio Sawamura as Macau restaurant owner
* Masanari Nihei as Glass wiping craftsman
* Haruo Nakajima as Casino dealer in Macao / Construction worker (2 roles)
* Shin Otomo as Boy chief
* Haruya Kato as the wedding groom
* Tamami Urayama as the wedding bride
* Kenzô Tabu as Reception guest
* Jiro Kumagai as Wedding guest
* Hideo Shibuya as Host of the reception
* Jumpei Natsuki as Father of Roasted Sweet Potato
* Toshio Sugie as Guest at the racetrack (cameo apperence)
* Yoshio Katsube as Casino dealer
* Masayoshi Kawabe as Floring tree driver
* Yukihiko Gondo as Mahjong shop guest
* Henry Ban (Pan Henry), Mǎlì (Li Mai), Hiroshi Sekita, Koichi Sato, Seiji Yoshida, Ken Echigo, Eisaburo Komatsu, Akira Yamada, Seiji Onaka as Witnesses
* Chico Lourant (Laurent Chico) as Bodyguard
* Yukio Kawamata as Mahjong opponent
* Iku Kawamura as Casino guest
* Ryutaro Amami as Pachinko parlor customer

## Insert songs

**Gambling Can't Stop Even If It Dies** (バクチは死んでもやめられない, *Bakuchi wa shindemo yame rarenai*)

* Lyrics: Shigeru Tsukada / Composer: Hiroaki Hagiwara / Performer: Hitoshi Ueki
* A parody of Ueki's song "Idiots Can't Heal Even If They Die" (馬鹿は死んでも直らない, *Baka wa shindemo naoranai*).

**Irresponsible Counting Song** (無責任数え唄, *Musekinin kazoe-uta*)

* Lyrics: Shigeru Tsukada / Composer: Hiroaki Hagiwara / Performer: Hitoshi Ueki
* The original song of the song of the same name, which later becomes the B-side of "Don't Follow Me" (だまって俺について来い, *Damatte orenit suitekoi*).

## Simultaneous screening

Brand of Evil

* Storywriter: Shinobu Hashimoto / Screenwriters: Shinobu Hashimoto, Ei Hirosawa, Hiromichi Horikawa / Director: Hiromichi Horikawa / Starring: Tsutomu Yamazaki