The Symbol of a Man

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.

Main Cast

Hideki Takahashi

Ryuji Oshima

Age : 80 | Popularity : 3%

Masako Izumi

Haruko

Age : 76 | Popularity : 8%

Kenjirō Ishiyama

Shozaburo Oshima

Age : 72 | Popularity : 3%

Akira Nagoya

Saiga

Age : 72 | Popularity : 3%

Yukiko Todoroki

Kiyo Murata

Age : 49 | Popularity : 4%

Asao Koike

Tatsu

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Hiroshi Kondō

Yuzo

Age : 66 | Popularity : 3%

Shirō Ōsaka

Kanzo

Age : 69 | Popularity : 9%

Crew

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

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