Overview
Three young men face off against corrupt officials and Yakuza in order to complete a reclamation project of the coastal embankment, who try to derail the project every step of the way until a tsunami hits, putting everyone in danger.
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Ichirō IkedaWriter
- Keiichi AbeWriter
- Original title
- 爆薬に火をつけろ
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- July 5, 1959
- Original language
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
Production
Cast
Akira KobayashiChūji Nakanishi (President of the Nakanishi-gumi construction company)
Mari ShirakiChikako Shiga (Photographer)
Masumi OkadaJirō Sugi (Civil engineer for Nakanishi-gumi)
Kō NishimuraSakamaki (Trade journal reporter)
Kenjiro UemuraGorō Hasegawa (Fūtarō)
Hiroshi KondōTomioka (Technical official, Kanagawa Prefectural Port Division)
Shinsuke AshidaTakamitsu Sesato (President of Teikoku Kin'yū)
Shōji YasuiSusumu Suda (Fūtarō, a former doctor)
Yasukiyo UmenoTatsuhiko Ōe (Nakanishi-gumi accountant; nicknamed "Shibuchin")
Shin DateSōichirō Shiga (Branch manager at Kanagawa Bank; Chikako's father)
Hiroshi HijikataKyūsaku Gonda (Fūtarō)- Sanpei MineKanji (Kitchen Staff, Nakanishi-gumi)
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