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By a Man’s Face Shall You Know Him (1966) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1966 · 89 mins · Japanese
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- Directed by
- Tai Katō
- Starring
- Jûzô Itami, Ichirô Nakatani, Masao Mishima, Haruo Tanaka, Yoshiko Kayama, Hiroshi Fujioka
Immigrant gangs descend on a quiet Japanese town, terrorizing residents with brash threats, blaring jazz and garish fashion. Only the charismatic yet hardened Dr. Amamiya (Ando) stands between them and chaos, but he must abandon his gentle, peace‑loving principles to confront the menace head‑on.
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