SYNOPSIS: In Koreyoshi Kurahara’s directorial debut, rebel matinee idol Yujiro Ishihara (fresh off the sensational Crazed Fruit) stars as a restaurant manager and former boxer who saves a beautiful, suicidal club hostess (Mie Kitahara) trying to escape the clutches of her gangster employer. Featuring expressionist lighting and bold camera work, this was one of Nikkatsu’s early successes.
| Joji Shimaki | Yujiro Ishihara |
| Saeko | Mie Kitahara |
| Uchiyama | Isamu Kosugi |
| Police detective | Kenjiro Uemura |
| Shibata (elder) | Hideaki Nitani |
| Shibata (younger) | Ken Hatano |
| Director | Koreyoshi Kurahara |
| Producer | Takiko Mizunoe |
| Screenplay | Shintaro Ishihara |
| Cinematography | Kurataro Takamura |
| Lighting | Mitsuo Onishi |
| Recording | Fumio Hashimoto |
| Art direction | Takashi Matsuyama |
| Editing | Akira Suzuki |
| Music | Masaru Sato |
| Theme song by | Yujiro Ishihara |
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