

In postwar Tokyo, a blunt, alcohol-soaked doctor diagnoses a swaggering young yakuza with tuberculosis, forging an uneasy bond that’s tested when the gangster’s ruthless former boss returns and drags him back toward the swampy underworld he can’t escape.

Takashi Shimura
Sanada

Toshirō Mifune
Matsunaga
Reizaburo Yamamoto
Okada

Michiyo Kogure
Nanae

Chieko Nakakita
Miyo

Noriko Sengoku
Gin

Shizuko Kasagi
Singer

Eitarō Shindō
Takahama

Masao Shimizu
Oyabun

Taiji Tonoyama
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