Man Against Man

Man Against Man

116 mins | Drama, Crime | Aug. 14, 1960

Kikumori runs a cabaret on the docks, while his friend Kaji operates transport boats. When a gang of drug dealers tries to force the pair to cooperate in a smuggling scheme, conflict arises between the two friends. Falsely blamed for murder, Kikumori is blackmailed into an attempt to sabotage Kaji's boats and kill him. But the friendship between the two men proves an obstacle to the gangleader's plans.

Man Against Man

116 mins | Drama, Crime | Aug. 14, 1960

Man Against Man
Kikumori runs a cabaret on the docks, while his friend Kaji operates transport boats. When a gang of drug dealers tries to force the pair to cooperate in a smuggling scheme, conflict arises between the two friends. Falsely blamed for murder, Kikumori is blackmailed into an attempt to sabotage Kaji's boats and kill him. But the friendship between the two men proves an obstacle to the gangleader's plans.
Producers
Original title 男対男
Directors Senkichi Taniguchi
Writers Ei Ogawa, Ichirô Ikeda

Cast

Toshirō Mifune

as Kaji

Ryō Ikebe

as Kikumori

Yûzô Kayama

as Toshio Masue

Yumi Shirakawa

as Mineko Saijo

Yuriko Hoshi

as Natsue

Akemi Kita

as Harumi

Jun Tazaki

as Boss Tsukamoto

Akihiko Hirata

as Toriumi

Tadao Nakamaru

as Machida

Takashi Shimura

as Chotaro Masue