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The Symbol of a Man
The Symbol of a Man

The Symbol of a Man

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Drama

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In 1936, under the war clouds over the Manchurian border, 60-year-old Shozaburo Oshima 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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

96 mins

Rating

7/10

Release Date

14 July 1963

Country

Japan

Cast

Hideki Takahashi

Hideki Takahashi

Ryuji Oshima

Masako Izumi

Masako Izumi

Haruko

Kenjirō Ishiyama

Kenjirō Ishiyama

Shozaburo Oshima

Akira Nagoya

Akira Nagoya

Saiga

Yukiko Todoroki

Yukiko Todoroki

Kiyo Murata

Asao Koike

Asao Koike

Tatsu

Hiroshi Kondō

Hiroshi Kondō

Yuzo

Shirō Ōsaka

Shirō Ōsaka

Kanzo

Ichiro Kijima

Ichiro Kijima

Matsukawa

Yuzo Kiura

Yuzo Kiura

Kudo

Nakajirō Tomita

Nakajirō Tomita

Nishino

Shōbun Inoue

Shōbun Inoue

Mukaino

Shosei Muto

Shosei Muto

Tsukamoto

Shuntaro Tamamura

Shuntaro Tamamura

Gondo

Nobuo Kawakami

Nobuo Kawakami

Ueki

Kan Sugi

Kan Sugi

Ejima

Someshō Matsumoto

Someshō Matsumoto

Tokudano

Keisuke Yukioka

Keisuke Yukioka

Hospital Director

Shirō Yanase

Shirō Yanase

Tsubo furi

Jūkei Fujioka

Jūkei Fujioka

Lieutenant Colonel Sagawa

Akira Takahashi

Akira Takahashi

Kōtarō Sugie

Kōtarō Sugie

Tsuneo Katagiri

Tsuneo Katagiri

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