Rogue

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 12, 1968

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Toei Company

Cast

Kenji Ushio,Tamae Kiyokawa,Minoru Ōki,Fumio Watanabe,Nobuo Kaneko,Harumi Sone,Sanekô Yôshimura,Ken Takakura,Aiko Mimasu,Nobuo Yanaand 3 more

Director

Masahiro Makino

Writer

Yoshihiro Ishimatsu

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0063025