The Three Faces (1955)
Five years have passed since the three comrades who saved their lives in the Burma Campaign, namely Kenichiro Kishi, Eiji Shiga, and Daizo Kobayashi, promised to meet again five years later at the platform of Tokyo Station. Meanwhile, Shinagawa Station's crowded with repatriates. Upon returning to their homeland, their lives have changed dramatically. Daizo works as a railway construction worker. Eiji has established himself as a boxer. Kenichiro's become a gangster. In 1955, the day of their reunion is approaching. Now it is a matter of whether the three will be able to meet each other at the platform of Tokyo Station, as they had agreed on back in 1950.
Director:
Umetsugu Inoue
Writers:
Umetsugu Inoue, Toshio Masuda.
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Rentaro Mikuni as Ken'ichirō Kishi |
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Michiyo Aratama as Sonoe Shiga |
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Michitarō Mizushima as Eiji Shiga |
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Yūnosuke Itō as Daizō Kobayashi |
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Mieko Hirooka as Mari Kishi |
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Noriko Katsura as Akiko |
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Chōko Iida as Okon |
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Taiji Tonoyama as Gen |
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Tōru Abe as Hagiyama |
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Toshiyuki Ichimura as Suzuki |
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Kaku Takashina as Dragon Murayama |
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Junji Masuda as Boss Shinoda |
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Saburo Hiromatsu as Athene-za Theater Manager |
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Jushiro Kobayashi as Ishida |
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Yūko Tsumura as Brothel Woman |
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Taketo Kawahara as Used Clothing Store Owner |
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Zenji Yamada as Shoe Store Owner |
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Kiyoshi Kamoda as Detective A |
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Keiji Itami as Police Chief |
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Ken Mishima as Watch Seller |
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Densuke Mitsuzawa as Pin-kō |
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Tsuyoshi Kuroda as Tetsu |
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Sanpei Mine as Henchman A |
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Kazuo Kinugasa as Tani, Eiji Shiga's Trainer |
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Toyo Fukuda as Boxing Match Spectator |
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Tokuhei Miyahara as Yasu |
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Junichi Yamanobe as Detective B |
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Koichiro Sakai as Building Manager |
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Tōru Sumikawa as Henchman B |
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Ikunosuke Koizumi as Kobayashi's Nikoyon Companion |
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Takashi Sudo as Venue Attendant |
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Yukihiko Sugi as Kobayashi's Nikoyon Companion |
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Susumu Maemura as Taxi Driver |
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Akira Nagashima as Boxing Fan |
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Hisano Yamaoka as Nightclub Hostess |
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Shirō Yanase as Kishi's Second |
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Akiyoshi Fukae as Murayama's Second |
| Directing | Umetsugu Inoue | Director |
| Writing | Umetsugu Inoue | Screenplay |
| Sound | Akira Ifukube | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Shizuo Sakagami | Producer |
| Writing | Toshio Masuda | Screenplay |
| Crew | Kumenobu Fujioka | Cinematography |
| Lighting | Shinnosuke Andō | Gaffer |
| Sound | Fumio Hashimoto | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Kazumi Koike | Art Direction |
| Directing | Yoshitsugu Nakajima | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Akira Suzuki | Editor |
| Production | Kōsuke Nomura | Production Manager |