Victory is Ours (1956)

Genre : Music, Drama

Runtime : 1H 5M

Director : Seijun Suzuki
Writer : Norio Nakagawa, Kirio Urayama

Synopsis

A sailor tries to help his younger brother, a horse-racing jockey, escape from the yakuza after double crossing them in a fixing scam. Seijun Suzuki's directorial debut.

Actors

Kō Mishima
Kō Mishima
Keiko Amaji
Keiko Amaji
Shinsuke Maki
Shinsuke Maki
Sumiko Minami
Sumiko Minami
Ichirō Sugai
Ichirō Sugai
Koichi Aoki
Koichi Aoki
Seizaburō Kawazu
Seizaburō Kawazu
Columbia Top
Columbia Top
Columbia Light
Columbia Light

Crews

Seijun Suzuki
Seijun Suzuki
Director
Kumenobu Fujioka
Kumenobu Fujioka
Director of Photography
Hideo Hiragawa
Hideo Hiragawa
Original Music Composer
Miyo Akiyama
Miyo Akiyama
Script Supervisor
Norio Nakagawa
Norio Nakagawa
Screenplay
Kirio Urayama
Kirio Urayama
Screenplay

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