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The Symbol of a Man (1963)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 36M

Director : Akinori Matsuo
Writer : Hisataka Kai

Synopsis

In 1936 under the war clouds over the Manchurian border, 60-year-old Oshima Shozaburo is concerned about the future of his only son, Ryuji, who has refused to follow in the footsteps of his gambler father and decided to become a doctor. Ryuji leaves home to work at a clinic at a dam construction site where he finds the treatment of the laborers intolerable. But when he challenges the boss, who thinks nothing of murder, he discovers to his astonishment that he is safe because of his father's reputation. Torn between filial piety and his ideals Ryuji is told of the murder of his father by men of a rival gang. He experiences another shock when informed that the woman behind the rival gang is his true mother who was forced to leave his father due to an unwritten code among gamblers.

Actors

Hideki Takahashi
Hideki Takahashi
Ryuji Oshima
Masako Izumi
Masako Izumi
Haruko
Kenjirō Ishiyama
Kenjirō Ishiyama
Shozaburo Oshima
Akira Nagoya
Akira Nagoya
Saiga
Yukiko Todoroki
Yukiko Todoroki
Kiyo Murata
Asao Koike
Asao Koike
Tatsu
Hiroshi Kondô
Hiroshi Kondô
Yuzo
Shirō Ōsaka
Shirō Ōsaka
Kanzo
Ichiro Kijima
Ichiro Kijima
Matsukawa
Yuzo Kiura
Yuzo Kiura
Kudo
Nakajirô Tomita
Nakajirô Tomita
Nishino
Akifumi Inoue
Akifumi Inoue
Mukaino
Shosei Muto
Shosei Muto
Tsukamoto
Shuntaro Tamamura
Shuntaro Tamamura
Gondo
Nobuo Kawakami
Nobuo Kawakami
Ueki
Hiroshi Sugi
Hiroshi Sugi
Ejima
Someshô Matsumoto
Someshô Matsumoto
Tokudano
Keisuke Yukioka
Keisuke Yukioka
Hospital Director
Shirô Yanase
Shirô Yanase
Tsubo furi
Jûkei Fujioka
Jûkei Fujioka
Lieutenant Colonel Sagawa
Akira Takahashi
Akira Takahashi
Kōtarō Sugie
Kōtarō Sugie
Tsuneo Katagiri
Tsuneo Katagiri

Crews

Akinori Matsuo
Akinori Matsuo
Director
Hisataka Kai
Hisataka Kai
Screenplay
Kazumi Iwasa
Kazumi Iwasa
Director of Photography
Kyosa Yoshida
Kyosa Yoshida
Lighting Technician
Tsugio Yonezu
Tsugio Yonezu
Sound Recordist
Yoshinaga Yoko'o
Yoshinaga Yoko'o
Art Direction
Shinya Inoue
Shinya Inoue
Editor
Koji Chino
Koji Chino
Assistant Director
Hajime Kaburagi
Hajime Kaburagi
Original Music Composer

Posters and backgrounds

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