A Flame at the Pier
6.8
A union-busting Yokohama dockworker learns that the loyalties that rule his life are based on shaky foundations. Believing that his manager was responsible for saving his life as a baby, he falls victim to a manipulative cycle of deceit and revenge.
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Cast
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Takashi Fujiki
Saburo Minakami
Known for
Pale Flower
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable
Tamotsu Hayakawa
Kaga
Also in
Woman of the Lake
18 Roughs
Masahiro Shinoda
Also in
Funeral Parade of Roses
Toru Takemitsu
Ichirô Mizunuma
Toshio Shimizu
Mariko Kaga
Yuki
Known for
Pale Flower
Love Letter
Masao Shirai
Masao Kosugi
Kōji Nanbara
Known for
Branded to Kill
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Shūji Terayama
Also in
Pretty Devil Yoko
Youth in Fury
Shigeru Wakatsuki
Masahiro Shinoda Director · Shūji Terayama Screenplay Ichirô Mizunuma Screenplay
First release September 30, 1962 · Produced in Japan · Original title 涙を、獅子のたて髪に
Production
Shochiku
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
涙を、獅子のたて髪に
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · September 30, 1962
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
February 27, 2016 · Limited theatrical · Retrospective of Masahiro Shinoda (Saint Petersburg)
March 13, 2016 · Limited theatrical · Retrospective of Masahiro Shinoda (Moscow)
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