Rogue

Rogue

1968 · 92 min · ★ 7.0 · Crime, Drama

Coal miner Isamu Oba is forced to quit his village and leave his mother and siblings behind. Mining buddy Ichiro accompanies him to Tokyo, and the pair enjoy several "fish-out-of-water" sequences before finding employment at a boxing gym with trainer Sawada and his spunky sister Tomoko. The boys also find part time night jobs as roving minstrels in the club district courtesy of benevolent gang boss Asakawa. Of course, they run afoul of boss Karasawa's cruel gang. Karasawa also has it in for Asakawa, and this indirectly throws a spanner into the works as far as Isamu's burgeoning success as a kickboxer. When Asakawa's HQ is burned to the ground by Karasawa's men, Asakawa tries to kill Karasawa - which, of course, leads to his own gruesome death. Isamu goes on the rampage with his sword, wiping out Karasawa and men.

Directed by Masahiro Makino · Written by Yoshihiro Ishimatsu

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Ken Takakura Isamu Oba
Bunta Sugawara Ichiro Yamakawa
Minoru Ōki Kenzo Sawada
Kenjirō Ishiyama Masayoshi Asakawa
Kenji Ushio Miyoshi
Fumio Watanabe Shigekichi Karasawa
Aiko Mimasu Fusayo
Nobuo Yana Kazama
Harumi Sone Murai
Nobuo Kaneko Suyama
Sanekô Yôshimura Tomoko Sawada
Tamae Kiyokawa Teruko

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