
Plot
Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city of Kojin. Kojin is the scene of fierce fighting between rival gangs. Fujioka is assigned to investigate the death of the wife of gangster Tetsuo Maruyama of the Kozuka gang, probably at the hands of one of the Oka gang. During a gang gunfight, Maruyama is rescued by Detective Fujioka and the two become friends. But Maruyama insists on avenging his wife's murder, even if it means conflict with his new friend.
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Cast

Toshirō Mifune
Detective Saburo Fujioka

Koji Tsuruta
Tetsuo Maruyama

Yōko Tsukasa
Sally

Yōsuke Natsuki
Officer Miake

Makoto Satō
Yata

Seizaburō Kawazu
Kyuzaburo Oka

Jun Tazaki
Otokichi Kozuka

Akemi Kita
Mari

Mickey Curtis
Sugino

Akihiko Hirata
Susumu Tendo

Hideyo Amamoto
Ichino

Akira Wakamatsu
Futagawa

Hiroshi Takagi
Mita

Yutaka Nakayama
Tako

Ren Yamamoto
Iwaimura

Yoshio Kosugi
Chief Officer Okubo

Ichirō Nakatani
Deputy Mochizuki

Ikio Sawamura
Yata, Strip Broker

Fuyuki Murakami
Chief of the Metropolitan Police Departament

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

Tadao Nakamaru
Shibata

Sachio Sakai
Fudokichi

Kōji Iwamoto
Tomita

Akira Naoki
Matsuo

Keiko Muramatsu
Benichiyo, Shibata's lover

Tomoko Hamakawa
Hiromi

Yutaka Sada
Owner of Miyoshino

Shigeo Katō
Inspector (uncredited)

Haruo Nakajima
Henchman (uncredited)

Akira Sera
Naki Jogo

Akira Tani
Boyaki Jogo

Shirō Tsuchiya
Big Shot

Hiroshi Hayashi
Politician Numata

Jirô Makino
Tanba