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1959

Otoko ga bakuhatsu suru

Explosion Came

男が爆発する

Release Date
April, 28th, 1959
Running Time
97 min
Genre
Feature
Color
Color
Screening Format
-
Screen Size
Cinema Scope (1:2.35)

[ Directed by ]

[ Cast ]

[ Staff ]

[ Production Company ]

NIKKATSU

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

NIKKATSU

[ Story ]

Yoneji Muroto's farm in Yatsugatake is famous for its religious atmosphere and the son Kensaku is now the head of the family.
One day, seeing a woman going down to the valley where many people have committed suicide, Kensaku fallows her, but in missing his footing he injures his eye. The woman turns out to be the wife of Kojiro Utsu who has been arrested in a case of corruption and has decided to kill herself. Utsu, however, is declared innocent, there being insufficient evidence, against him and he establishes the "Yatsugatake Kaihatsu Company" with Date, an employee of Kobe Sangyo for buying up the land around Yatsugatake. Kensaku's peaceful farm draws their attention, and as soon as Yoneji dies, Utsu and Date try to take it over.
One day Kensaku is invited to a reception planned by Utsu when Date attempts to kill him. At this time Date is accidentally shot and dies, and to his surprise Kensaku learns that Date was in reality his younger brother. But the plot against him and his property has failed and Kensaku, is able to face the future in peace.

【Quoted from the database of Nikkatsu Corporation】
【Quoted from Unijapan Film Quarterly 1959.2.3】

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