Yasuzo MasumuraCast
Hiroshi Kawaguchi Hitomi Nozoe Hideo Takamatsu Michiko Ono 
Yūnosuke Itō 
Kyū Sazanka
Credits
Written by: Takeshi Kaikô
Plot
Three caramel companies fight for the market in postwar Japan with ruthless advertising, and a plain girl is turned into a star, in a fast, biting satire of consumerism.
Sinekatalog’s take
A fast, biting and prophetic satire.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.2 / 10 (1,435 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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