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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.

Release: 1959-04-28
Runtime: 96 min
Cast
Yūjirō Ishihara
Yūjirō Ishihara
Mie Kitahara
Mie Kitahara
Ruriko Asaoka
Ruriko Asaoka
Hideaki Nitani
Hideaki Nitani
Mari Shiraki
Mari Shiraki
Yuji Odaka
Yuji Odaka
Nobuo Kaneko
Nobuo Kaneko
Michiyo Kogure
Michiyo Kogure
Eijirō Yanagi
Eijirō Yanagi
Osamu Takizawa
Osamu Takizawa
Saburo Hiromatsu
Saburo Hiromatsu
Shōki Fukae
Shōki Fukae
Shosei Muto
Shosei Muto
Reiko Arai
Reiko Arai
Tomio Aoki
Tomio Aoki