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The Man from the East

MOVIE • 1961

The Man from the East

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Kenta (Kayama), a boxer-turned-wandering minstrel becomes involved in a yakuza plot to rid slum dwellers from a piece of land the gangsters wish to develop. Kenta befriends a wandering poet and the younger sister (Hoshi) of a boxer Keota killed in the ring.

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Top Cast

Yūzō Kayama

Yūzō Kayama

Kenta Hasebe

Yuriko Hoshi

Yuriko Hoshi

Michiko Homma

Makoto Satō

Makoto Satō

Uesugi

Jun Funato

Jun Funato

Egawa

Shirō Ōsaka

Shirō Ōsaka

…

Kenji Sahara

Kenji Sahara

…

Tōru Abe

Tōru Abe

…

Shinichi Yanagisawa

Shinichi Yanagisawa

…

Kokinji Katsura

Kokinji Katsura

…

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Sadao Sugihara

Producer

Umetsugu Inoue

Umetsugu Inoue

Director

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Katsuya Susaki

Screenplay

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Yoshio Hasuike

Screenplay

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Kōzō Okazaki

Director of Photography

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Theatrical release date: March 18, 1961

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Film

Status

Released

Release

March 18, 1961

Runtime

101 min

Language

Japanese

Origin

Japan

Budget

N/A

Revenue

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