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Mexican Free-for-All

Mexican Free-for-All

Part of The Crazy Cats Collection

1968•2h 20m

The eleventh film in the comedy series starring Japan's leading comedy group, the Crazy Cats. Susumu Sakamori and his friends travel to Mexico to find a stone statue that contains the location of the secret treasure "Olmeca".

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Production

Watanabe Productions Co., Ltd., TOHO

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Hitoshi Ueki

Hitoshi Ueki

Susumu Sakemori

Hajime Hana

Hajime Hana

Saburo Suzuki

Kei Tani

Kei Tani

Chuji Shimizu

Hiroshi Inuzuka

Hiroshi Inuzuka

Detective Tsukada

Senri Sakurai

Senri Sakurai

Japanese-American Ken

Ētarō Ishibashi

Ētarō Ishibashi

Ishiyama

Shin Yasuda

Shin Yasuda

International student Tachihara

Mie Hama

Mie Hama

Emi Murayama

Mayumi Ozora

Mayumi Ozora

Mitsuko Akimoto

Makoto Fujita

Makoto Fujita

Dr. Nakamura

Masumi Harukawa

Masumi Harukawa

Yukari

Haruko Tōgō

Haruko Tōgō

Yamato's proprietress

Hisao Toake

Hisao Toake

Obayashi

Takuya Fujioka

Takuya Fujioka

Izawa

Kenzō Tabu

Kenzō Tabu

Heizo Hanaoka

Tadao Nakamaru

Tadao Nakamaru

Matsumura

Ted Gunther

Lou Costello

Naoya Kusakawa

Naoya Kusakawa

Costello's Henchman A

Osman Yusuf

Osman Yusuf

Costello's Henchman B

Yumi Ito

Yumi Ito

The Peanuts

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