Glass-Hearted Johnny
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Joe Shishido is an ambitious bike racetrack tout who becomes inadvertently involved in a triangle with a vulnerable prostitute (Izumi Ashikawa) and her brutal yakuza pimp (George Ai).
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Joe Shishido
Jô
Known for
Branded to Kill
Youth of the Beast
Izumi Ashikawa
Mifuné Fukasawa
Also in
The Man with a Shotgun
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Nobuo Yamada
Koreyoshi Kurahara
Toshiya Fujita
Known for
Funeral Parade of Roses
Zigeunerweisen
I. George
Koji Akimoto
Also in
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
Greatest Boss of the Showa Era
Toshirō Mayuzumi
Daizaburo Hirata
Hiroshi
Known for
Youth of the Beast
The Insect Woman
Takeo Kimura
Noriko Matsumoto
Kazuko
Also in
The Warped Ones
Band of Ninja
Toyoko Takechi
Okiku
Known for
A Colt is My Passport
New Tale of Zatoichi
Fudeko Tanaka
Mifuné's mother
Known for
Onibaba
Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets
Koreyoshi Kurahara Director · Nobuo Yamada Screenplay Toshirō Mayuzumi Composer
First release September 30, 1962 · Produced in Japan · Original title 硝子のジョニー 野獣のように見えて
Production
Nikkatsu Corporation
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Japan
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Original title
硝子のジョニー 野獣のように見えて
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · September 30, 1962
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Italy
April 1, 2005 · Udine Far East Film Festival
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