Koi no katamichi kippu

(1960) One Way Ticket To Love/ Koi no katamichi kippu (In Japanese with English subtitles) DRAMA

Written and directed by Masahiro Shinoda which takes place during the recession with struggling sax player, Kenji Shirai (Kazuya Kosaka) finally finding a gig to showcase his talents employed by an underground talent agency Eiko Yoshinaga (Yachiyo Ôtori). During this, Kenji meets a sobbing woman Mitsuko Maki (Noriko Maki) who looked like she was about to jump off on front of a subway over an already married man, but was convinced to stay with him for the night until he finds her some employment. It was during then we are then introduced to what is supposed to be the Japanese equivalent of an Elvis impersonator, Susumu Ueno (Masaaki Hirao) one of the agency's popular clients who begins to falls for Mitsuko as she agrees to be employed as hostess/ dancer of some sort in which she may being nude may be one of the requirements. Complicating matters is when the already married man wants to be a part of Mitsuko's life again when at the same is beginning to fall for the sax player, Kenji.