The Symbol of a Man

The Symbol of a Man (1963)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1963-07-14
  • User Rating: 7/10 from 1 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 36min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Nikkatsu Corporation
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Akinori Matsuo
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Summary

In 1936 under the war clouds over the Manchurian border, 60-year-old Oshima Shozaburo is concerned about the future of his only son, Ryuji, who has refused to follow in the footsteps of his gambler father and decided to become a doctor. Ryuji leaves home to work at a clinic at a dam construction site where he finds the treatment of the laborers intolerable. But when he challenges the boss, who thinks nothing of murder, he discovers to his astonishment that he is safe because of his father's reputation. Torn between filial piety and his ideals Ryuji is told of the murder of his father by men of a rival gang. He experiences another shock when informed that the woman behind the rival gang is his true mother who was forced to leave his father due to an unwritten code among gamblers.

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  • Hideki Takahashi

    as Ryuji Oshima
  • Masako Izumi

    as Haruko
  • Kenjirō Ishiyama

    as Shozaburo Oshima
  • Akira Nagoya

    as Saiga
  • Yukiko Todoroki

    as Kiyo Murata
  • Asao Koike

    as Tatsu
  • Hiroshi Kondō

    as Yuzo
  • Shirō Ōsaka

    as Kanzo
  • Ichiro Kijima

    as Matsukawa
  • Yuzo Kiura

    as Kudo
  • Nakajirō Tomita

    as Nishino
  • Shōbun Inoue

    as Mukaino
  • Shosei Muto

    as Tsukamoto
  • Shuntaro Tamamura

    as Gondo
  • Nobuo Kawakami

    as Ueki
  • Kan Sugi

    as Ejima
  • Someshō Matsumoto

    as Tokudano
  • Keisuke Yukioka

    as Hospital Director
  • Shirō Yanase

    as Tsubo furi
  • Jūkei Fujioka

    as Lieutenant Colonel Sagawa
  • Akira Takahashi

    as
  • Kōtarō Sugie

    as
  • Tsuneo Katagiri

    as
Writing Hisataka Kai Screenplay
Directing Akinori Matsuo Director
Sound Hajime Kaburagi Original Music Composer
Camera Kazumi Iwasa Director of Photography
Sound Tsugio Yonezu Sound Recordist
Editing Shinya Inoue Editor
Art Yoshinaga Yoko'o Art Direction
Lighting Kyosa Yoshida Lighting Technician
Directing Koji Chino Assistant Director

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