The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow (1958)
Former boxer Daishiro lost his wife, and his only son, Kaoru, went missing, it was a heavy blow for Daishiro. One day, Daishiro got a call from his relative Morihiko. He said he forgot the winning lottery ticket of 2 million yen at the hotel, so he wants Daishiro to go and pick it up. Morihiko used the hotel for secret meetings, so he said he couldn't go there himself because he was afraid it would become public. When Daishiro entered the hotel, the Yakuza, who learned about the lottery from the newspaper, threaten the hotel maid Noriko, and want to rob her. Daishiro helps Noriko and safely picks up the lottery, but a message arrives from his relative Seikichi from Osaka. His missing son Kaoru is said to be a boxer in Osaka. "My son... He has the blood of a boxer in him..." Daishiro is heading to Osaka in a hurry...
Director:
Katsumi Nishikawa
Writers:
Ichirō Ikeda, Dai Nishijima.
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Tamio Kawachi as Kaoru Shirafuji |
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Ruriko Asaoka as Noriko Komatsu |
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Hiroshi Kondō as Ken |
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Sanae Nakahara as Ruka Umebayashi |
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Kō Nishimura as Tominaga |
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Masumi Okada as Morihiko Shirafuji |
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Shoichi Ozawa as Seikichi Kawarai |
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Kin Sugai as Osumi |
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Toyo Takahashi as Mitsu Shirafuji |
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Taiji Tonoyama as Masumura |
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Kaku Takashina as Boxing trainer |
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Hisao Toake as Kenryô Shirafuji |
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Unpei Yokoyama as Rokunosuke Komatsu |
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Shirō Ōsaka as Daishirô Shirafuji |
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Sanpei Mine as Man who draw blank ticket |
| Writing | Ichirō Ikeda | Screenplay |
| Production | Masayuki Takagi | Producer |
| Editing | Akira Suzuki | Editor |
| Writing | Dai Nishijima | Screenplay |
| Crew | Yoshihiro Yamazaki | Cinematography |
| Writing | Tomoichirō Inoue | Original Story |
| Directing | Katsumi Nishikawa | Director |
| Sound | Masaru Satō | Original Music Composer |
