The Eagle and the Hawk

The Eagle and the Hawk

1957 · 115 min · ★ 6.1 · Action, Drama, Crime, Adventure

In a warehouse area at night, a drunk chief engineer is stabbed to death by someone who whistles. After the break of dawn, two seamen join the crew of a rusty cargo ship Kaiyo Maru. One is a troublemaker with bad attitudes, Senkichi Nomura, who pursues an enemy in order to take revenge for his father's death. The other is Keizo Sasaki, a buff, eagle-eyed man on board for a certain mission.

Directed by Umetsugu Inoue · Written by Umetsugu Inoue

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