

The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
1958 Directed by Katsumi NishikawaFormer boxer Daishiro lost his wife, and his only son, Kaoru, went missing, it was a heavy blow for Daishiro. One day, Daishiro got a call from his relative Morihiko. He said he forgot the winning lottery ticket of 2 million yen at the hotel, so he wants Daishiro to go and pick it up. Morihiko used the hotel for secret meetings, so he said he couldn't go there himself because he was afraid it would become public. When Daishiro entered the hotel, the Yakuza, who learned about the lottery from the newspaper, threaten the hotel maid Noriko, and want to rob her. Daishiro helps Noriko and safely picks up the lottery, but a message arrives from his relative Seikichi from Osaka. His missing son Kaoru is said to be a boxer in Osaka. "My son... He has the blood of a boxer in him..." Daishiro is heading to Osaka in a hurry...

Tamio Kawachi
....................................................Kaoru Shirafuji

Ruriko Asaoka
....................................................Noriko Komatsu

Hiroshi Kondō
....................................................Ken

Sanae Nakahara
....................................................Ruka Umebayashi

Kō Nishimura
....................................................Tominaga

Masumi Okada
....................................................Morihiko Shirafuji

Shoichi Ozawa
....................................................Seikichi Kawarai
Director
...........................................................Katsumi Nishikawa
Producer
...........................................................Masayuki Takagi
Screenplay
...........................................................Ichirō Ikeda
Dai Nishijima
Cinematography
...........................................................Yoshihiro Yamazaki
Editor
...........................................................Akira Suzuki
Original Story
...........................................................Tomoichirō Inoue
Production Companies
...................................................Nikkatsu Corporation
Production Countries
........................................................Japan
Spoken Languages
....................................................日本語
Genres
....................................................Drama
Crime
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