Not far from Yurakucho, on the riverbank, stands the Nishida Clinic, with signs advertising internal medicine, surgery, and gynecology. The examination room of the clinic’s director, Dr. Heizo Nishida, is frequented by mysterious women and black-marketeers. Toshio Shimamura, president of “Seiso Shinpo”, takes notice of this. Ayako Toda, who lost her parents during repatriation and was taken in by Shimamura is ordered to extort 50,000 yen from Nishida, but in the process meets his son Ippei.
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Mitsuko Mito
Known for
Ugetsu
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Masao Wakahara
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Eijirō Tōno
Known for
Seven Samurai
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Kenjiro Uemura
Known for
The Quiet Duel
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Toshiko Hatori
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Three Women of the North
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Rentaro Taki
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Kiyoko Hirai
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Shigeo Tanaka Director · Kenta Yamazaki Screenplay Kaoru Yasaka Screenplay
First release September 13, 1948 · Produced in Japan · Original title 殺すが如く
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Daiei Film
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Japan
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Original title
殺すが如く
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · September 13, 1948
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