Crime ·Drama · Japan · 1960 · 1h 30m

Man Against Man

男対男

Director

Cast

Toshirō Mifune as Kaji Ryō Ikebe as Kikumori Yūzō Kayama as Toshio Masue Yumi Shirakawa as Mineko Saijo Yuriko Hoshi as Natsue Akemi Kita as Harumi

Crew

Rokurô Nishigaki — Director of Photography Masaru Satō — Original Music Composer Ichirō Ikeda — Screenplay Ei Ogawa — Screenplay

Synopsis

Kikumori runs a cabaret on the docks, while his friend Kaji operates transport boats. When a gang of drug dealers tries to force the pair to cooperate in a smuggling scheme, conflict arises between the two friends. Falsely blamed for murder, Kikumori is blackmailed into an attempt to sabotage Kaji's boats and kill him. But the friendship between the two men proves an obstacle to the gangleader's plans.

Key Collaborators

Senkichi Taniguchi Director Rokurô Nishigaki Director of Photography Masaru Satō Original Music Composer Ichirō Ikeda Screenplay Ei Ogawa Screenplay

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