Kensaku Muro and his father manage a farm in Sakudaira at the foot of the Yatsugatake Mountains. One day Kensuke saves a suicidal woman, Fukiko Uzu, who jumps into a waterfall. Having injured his eyes in the process, he is brought to Tokyo for medical treatment. In Tokyo, Kensaku visits his mother Kaneko who left her son years ago. She now owns an exclusive club and has a son, Isao, with the president of Kobe Concern. Isao plots to steal Kensuke's farm as part of a land development scheme with Fukiko's husband. Without knowing they are blood related, their conflict over the farm intensifies.
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Cast
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Yūjirō Ishihara
Known for
Crazed Fruit
Mie Kitahara
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Crazed Fruit
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Ruriko Asaoka
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Goyokin
Hideaki Nitani
Known for
Tokyo Drifter
Mari Shiraki
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Yuji Odaka
Also in
Smashing the 0-Line
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Nobuo Kaneko
Known for
Ikiru
Shōgun
Michiyo Kogure
Known for
Drunken Angel
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Eijirō Yanagi
Known for
The Tale of Zatoichi
The Idiot
Osamu Takizawa
Known for
Fires on the Plain
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Saburo Hiromatsu
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Gappa, the Triphibian Monster
Shōki Fukae
Known for
A Colt is My Passport
Toshio Masuda Director · Gan Yamazaki Screenplay Mio Ezaki Screenplay
First release April 28, 1959 · Produced in Japan · Original title 男が爆発する
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Nikkatsu Corporation
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Japan
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Original title
男が爆発する
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · April 28, 1959
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No release date listed for United States.
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