Summaries

Arriving in the town of Hakodate, a wandering musician, Shinji Taki, is soon recruited by the local gang as a hired hand. However, with the arrival of a sinister gunman, Taki's mysterious past catches up with him.

Shinji (Akira Kobayashi), a wandering street musician, gets involved with a mob boss, Akitsu (Nobuo Kaneko), after saving one of his henchmen in a bar fight. Akitsu gives Shinji a job to evict an offshore fishery, but things take an unexpected twist when Shinji finds out the owner's wife is Akitsu's actual sister. As Shinji protects the Akitsu family, Akitsu's daughter takes a romantic interest in him. Shinji's mob life becomes more complicated when a member of the Taguchi family questions if Shinji is an undercover cop.—Nikkatsu

Details

Keywords
  • yakuza
Genres
  • Crime
Release date Oct 10, 1959
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin Japan
Production companies Nikkatsu

Box office

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 17m
Color Color
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

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