A Man Among Men

A Man Among Men

95 mins | Jan. 3, 1955

Gangsters Ken and Maki are rivals in the ticket-scalping game. They make an uneasy truce, but Ken wrecks the truce by agreeing to fix a boxing match in which Maki has an interest in one of the fighters. After a terrible brawl, the two gangsters discover that they have both been played for suckers by their bosses. They join forces to turn the tables on the bosses.

A Man Among Men

95 mins | Jan. 3, 1955

A Man Among Men
Gangsters Ken and Maki are rivals in the ticket-scalping game. They make an uneasy truce, but Ken wrecks the truce by agreeing to fix a boxing match in which Maki has an interest in one of the fighters. After a terrible brawl, the two gangsters discover that they have both been played for suckers by their bosses. They join forces to turn the tables on the bosses.
Producers Toho Company, Ltd.
Original title 男性ＮＯ.１
Directors Kajirō Yamamoto
Writers Masato Ide, Ryûzô Kikushima

Cast

Toshirō Mifune

as Maki

Koji Tsuruta

as Ken

Yū Fujiki

as Ichiro Shimamura

Mariko Okada

as Michiko

Fubuki Koshiji

as Takako

Kumeko Urabe

as Okimi

Gen Shimizu

as Tamiya

Shin Tokudaiji

as Inui

Senkichi Ômura

as Fukuroda

Yutaka Morioka

as Kokesei

Sachio Sakai

as Onuki

Toki Shiozawa

as Junko

Mitsue Tachibana

as Moeko

Sonosuke Sawamura

as Takako's patron

Akira Sera

as Safety manager