# Giants and Toys (1958)

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**Original title**: *巨人と玩具*
**Runtime**: 95 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Drama
**Directed by**: Yasuzō Masumura
**Written by**: Yoshio Shirasaka
**Starring**: Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Hitomi Nozoe, Yūnosuke Itō, Michiko Ono, Kyū Sazanka, Kinzō Shin

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A Tokyo ad man gets pulled into a candy war where his rivals are more ruthless than his own sweet tooth. He spends his days devising campaigns while his opponents devise schemes. In the end he learns the product isn’t glucose—it’s humiliation.

**Mood tags**: outsider, pitch-black, playful

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