The Man from the East

東から来た男

Kenta (Kayama), a boxer-turned-wandering minstrel becomes involved in a yakuza plot to rid slum dwellers from a piece of land the gangsters wish to develop. Kenta befriends a wandering poet and the younger sister (Hoshi) of a boxer Keota killed in the ring.

Director

Umetsugu Inoue

Screenplay

Katsuya Susaki

Screenplay

Umetsugu Inoue

Screenplay

Yoshio Hasuike

Status

Released

Release date

18/03/1961

Original language

Japanese