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A Man Explodes (1959)
Directed by Toshio Masuda
Drama, Action, Crime · 1h 36m
Kensaku Muro and his father manage a farm in Sakudaira at the foot of the Yatsugatake Mountains. One day Kensuke saves a suicidal woman, Fukiko Uzu, who jumps into a waterfall. Having injured his eyes in the process, he is brought to Tokyo for medical treatment. In Tokyo, Kensaku visits his mother Kaneko who left her son years ago. She now owns an exclusive club and has a son, Isao, with the president of Kobe Concern. Isao plots to steal Kensuke's farm as part of a land development scheme with Fukiko's husband. Without knowing they are blood related, their conflict over the farm intensifies.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Toshio Masuda
- Screenplay
- Mio Ezaki, Gan Yamazaki
- Novel
- Renzaburō Shibata
- Director of Photography
- Shinsaku Himeda
- Original Music Composer
- Masaru Satō
Details
- Original title
- 男が爆発する
- Release date
- 1959-04-28
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Drama, Action, Crime
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Nikkatsu Corporation
Yūjirō Ishihara
Mie Kitahara
Ruriko Asaoka
Hideaki Nitani
Mari Shiraki
Yuji Odaka
Nobuo Kaneko
Michiyo Kogure
Eijirō Yanagi
Osamu Takizawa
Saburo Hiromatsu
Shōki Fukae