A life insurance agent has a drinking problem causing him to lose his company a fortune. He heads to another town to sell insurance, but to his surprise, the elderly are all healthy thanks to a special local sake. Along the way, he meets an eye-patch-wearing killer, which only confounds his misadventures.
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Shoichi Ozawa
Life insurance agent
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Hiroyuki Nagato
Killer
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Masahisa Sunohara Director · Motonari Wakai Screenplay
First release January 23, 1962 · Produced in Japan · Original title 猫が変じて虎になる
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Nikkatsu Corporation
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Japan
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Original title
猫が変じて虎になる
Original language
Japanese
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Japanese
Release dates
Japan · January 23, 1962
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No release date listed for United States.
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