The doors are causing problems? They shouldn't be. Afaik, Albion's key (the doorkeeper on lvl 4) should open all the doors on lvls 4 and 5.
As for the chests, I have had supreme difficulty in bashing them. I've even taken a giant strength potion and tried bashing before, to no avail. I think Knock is the only way for a thiefless party to open them. Having gone through this area without a thief before, I would recommend leaving the chests for a while, then taking a day or two to memorize Knock in all your lvl 2 slots, and open them up all at once. That's what I did. I left all the chests until right before I beat Yxunomei, then spent another day afterwards to open the chests in her room (and took the hit from the traps).
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