A 1967 Japanese corporate heist so unhinged it makes Mad Men look like PBS.
1967 Japanese movie
Direction
Umetsu's frantic visual energy predicts later Japanese New Wave chaos.
Costume
Peak 1967 Tokyo corporate fashion — skinny ties and desperation.
Director
Meijirō Umetsu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Japan's 'Golden Week' studio rush, this belongs to a forgotten wave of salaryman satires that mocked corporate culture before it became global meme fodder.
Director Meijirō Umetsu vanished from credits after 1971; some historians suspect studio blacklisting for being 'too weird,' though records are suspiciously thin.
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