A Man Explodes (1959)
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.
Director:
Toshio Masuda
Writers:
Mio Ezaki, Gan Yamazaki.
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Yūjirō Ishihara as |
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Mie Kitahara as |
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Ruriko Asaoka as |
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Hideaki Nitani as |
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Mari Shiraki as |
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Yuji Odaka as |
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Nobuo Kaneko as |
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Michiyo Kogure as |
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Eijirō Yanagi as |
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Osamu Takizawa as |
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Saburo Hiromatsu as |
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Shōki Fukae as |
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Shosei Muto as |
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Reiko Arai as |
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Tomio Aoki as |
| Directing | Toshio Masuda | Director |
| Writing | Mio Ezaki | Screenplay |
| Writing | Gan Yamazaki | Screenplay |
| Camera | Shinsaku Himeda | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Kazuo Kawabe | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Masaru Satō | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Renzaburō Shibata | Novel |