In 1936 under the war clouds over the Manchurian border, 60-year-old Oshima Shozaburo is concerned about the future of his only son, Ryuji, who has refused to follow in the footsteps of his gambler father and decided to become a doctor. Ryuji leaves home to work at a clinic at a dam construction site where he finds the treatment of the laborers intolerable. But when he challenges the boss, who thinks nothing of murder, he discovers to his astonishment that he is safe because of his father's reputation. Torn between filial piety and his ideals Ryuji is told of the murder of his father by men of a rival gang. He experiences another shock when informed that the woman behind the rival gang is his true mother who was forced to leave his father due to an unwritten code among gamblers.
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The Symbol of a Man Cast
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Shirô Ôsaka
He was 43, 69 years old when he died
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Akira Nagoya
He was 32, 72 years old when he died
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Kenjiro Ishiyama
He was 59, 72 years old when he died
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Yukiko Todoroki
She was 45, 49 years old when she died
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Akifumi Inoue
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Asao Koike
He was 32, 54 years old when he died
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Hideki Takahashi
He was 36, now 24 years old
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Nakajirô Tomita
He was 51, 79 years old when he died
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Hiroshi Kondô
He was 37, 66 years old when he died
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Jûkei Fujioka
He was 29, 57 years old when he died
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Kôtarô Sugie
He was 31, 66 years old when he died
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The Symbol of a Man Crew
