Rogue
movie

Released October 12, 1968
Overview
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.
Cast

Ken Takakura
as
Isamu Oba

Bunta Sugawara
as
Ichiro Yamakawa

Minoru Ōki
as
Kenzo Sawada

Kenjirō Ishiyama
as
Masayoshi Asakawa

Kenji Ushio
as
Miyoshi

Fumio Watanabe
as
Shigekichi Karasawa

Aiko Mimasu
as
Fusayo

Nobuo Yana
as
Kazama

Harumi Sone
as
Murai

Nobuo Kaneko
as
Suyama
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Sanekô Yôshimura
as
Tomoko Sawada

Tamae Kiyokawa
as
Teruko

