A tough prosecutor is falsely accused of theft and goes on the run to clear his name. He is assisted by the beautiful daughter of a rich man.
Acting
Ken Takakura's silent suffering could stop traffic.
Direction
Junya Satō turns foot chases into existential poetry.
Cinematography
Japan's urban sprawl never looked so lonely.
Director
Junya Satō
Ken Takakura
Morioka
Ryoko Nakano
Tonami Mayumi
Yoshio Harada
Detective Yamura
Ryō Ikebe
Ito
Hideji Ōtaki
Tonami Yoshinori
Taketoshi Naitō
Sakai Yoshihiro
Kō Nishimura
Nagaoka Ryokai
Mitsuko Baisho
Otsuki Kyoko
Kunie Tanaka
Yokomichi Keiji
Eiji Okada
Kai Ato
Koreharu Hisatomi
Hiroko Isayama
Yokomichi Kayo
Shin'ya Ohwada
Tappei Shimokawa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the 1970s 'jitsuroku' movement moving yakuza films toward gritty social realism.
Ken Takakura performed most of his own running sequences, reportedly collapsing after the final train platform sprint.
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