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.
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Cast
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Toshirō Mifune
Kaji
Known for
Seven Samurai
Rashomon
Ryō Ikebe
Kikumori
Known for
Pale Flower
Early Spring
Masaru Satô
Ichirō Ikeda
Senkichi Taniguchi
Also in
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Yūzō Kayama
Toshio Masue
Known for
Red Beard
Sanjuro
Ei Ogawa
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Yumi Shirakawa
Mineko Saijo
Known for
Rodan
The Mysterians
Yoshirô Muraki
Yuriko Hoshi
Natsue
Known for
Mothra vs. Godzilla
Kill!
Rokurô Nishigaki
Senkichi Taniguchi Director · Ichirō Ikeda Screenplay Ei Ogawa Screenplay
United States release March 17, 1961 · Produced in Japan · Original title 男対男
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Japan
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Original title
男対男
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · August 14, 1960
Theatrical
United States · March 17, 1961
subtitled version
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