The Three Faces
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“A tale of man's sorrow and joy, played out by a gangster, a boxer, and a day laborer!”
Five years have passed since the three comrades who saved their lives in the Burma Campaign, namely Kenichiro Kishi, Eiji Shiga, and Daizo Kobayashi, promised to meet again five years later at the platform of Tokyo Station. Meanwhile, Shinagawa Station's crowded with repatriates. Upon returning to their homeland, their lives have changed dramatically. Daizo works as a railway construction worker. Eiji has established himself as a boxer. Kenichiro's become a gangster. In 1955, the day of their reunion is approaching. Now it is a matter of whether the three will be able to meet each other at the platform of Tokyo Station, as they had agreed on back in 1950.
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Rentaro Mikuni
Ken'ichirō Kishi
Known for
Kwaidan
The Burmese Harp
Michiyo Aratama
Sonoe Shiga
Known for
Kwaidan
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Michitarō Mizushima
Eiji Shiga
Known for
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
Yūnosuke Itō
Daizō Kobayashi
Known for
High and Low
Sanjuro
Mieko Hirooka
Mari Kishi
Also in
Age of Nudity
Wandering Shore
Noriko Katsura
Akiko
Also in
Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
Karatachi no hana
Chōko Iida
Okon
Known for
The Only Son
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
Taiji Tonoyama
Gen
Known for
Onibaba
In the Realm of the Senses
Tōru Abe
Hagiyama
Known for
Shōgun
Tokyo Story
Toshiyuki Ichimura
Suzuki
Also in
Ikiru
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Kaku Takashina
Dragon Murayama
Known for
Lake of Dracula
Junji Masuda
Boss Shinoda
Known for
Tokyo Twilight
Scandal
Umetsugu Inoue Director · Toshio Masuda Screenplay Akira Ifukube Composer
First release August 9, 1955 · Produced in Japan · Original title 三つの顔
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Nikkatsu Corporation
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Japan
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Original title
三つの顔
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · August 9, 1955
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No release date listed for United States.
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