Former boxer Daishiro lost his wife, and his only son, Kaoru, went missing, it was a heavy blow for Daishiro. One day, Daishiro got a call from his relative Morihiko. He said he forgot the winning lottery ticket of 2 million yen at the hotel, so he wants Daishiro to go and pick it up. Morihiko used the hotel for secret meetings, so he said he couldn't go there himself because he was afraid it would become public. When Daishiro entered the hotel, the Yakuza, who learned about the lottery from the newspaper, threaten the hotel maid Noriko, and want to rob her. Daishiro helps Noriko and safely picks up the lottery, but a message arrives from his relative Seikichi from Osaka. His missing son Kaoru is said to be a boxer in Osaka. "My son... He has the blood of a boxer in him..." Daishiro is heading to Osaka in a hurry...
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Tamio Kawachi
Kaoru Shirafuji
Known for
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Ruriko Asaoka
Noriko Komatsu
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Goyokin
Hiroshi Kondō
Ken
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Sanae Nakahara
Ruka Umebayashi
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Kō Nishimura
Tominaga
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Yojimbo
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Masumi Okada
Morihiko Shirafuji
Known for
Shōgun
Izo
Shoichi Ozawa
Seikichi Kawarai
Known for
The Pornographers
The Ballad of Narayama
Kin Sugai
Osumi
Known for
Dodes'ka-den
Godzilla
Toyo Takahashi
Mitsu Shirafuji
Known for
Tokyo Story
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Taiji Tonoyama
Masumura
Known for
Onibaba
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Kaku Takashina
Boxing trainer
Known for
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Hisao Toake
Kenryô Shirafuji
Known for
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Chikamatsu Monogatari
Katsumi Nishikawa Director · Ichirō Ikeda Screenplay Dai Nishijima Screenplay
First release September 2, 1958 · Produced in Japan · Original title 明日を賭ける男
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Nikkatsu Corporation
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Japan
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Original title
明日を賭ける男
Original language
Japanese
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Japanese
Release dates
Japan · September 2, 1958
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No release date listed for United States.
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