The film is set in Fukagawa in the early Showa period and depicts a fateful confrontation between two men who rise and fall in a black stream, trying to live a real human life, violating the cruel laws of the passing generation.
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Akira Kobayashi
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Joe Shishido
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Chieko Matsubara
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Saburo Kitajima
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Kazuko Yoshiyuki
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Shirō Ōsaka
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Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
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Midori Satsuki
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Akira Ōizumi
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Motomu Ida Director · Gan Yamazaki Screenplay Masataka Fujsaki Screenplay
First release January 12, 1964 · Produced in Japan · Original title 東海遊侠伝
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Nikkatsu Corporation
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Japan
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Original title
東海遊侠伝
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · January 12, 1964
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No release date listed for United States.
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