Proof of the Man
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Proof of the Man | |||||
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Japanese name | |||||
Kanji | 人間の証明 | ||||
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Directed by | Yuji Ono | ||||
Distributed by | Toei Company (Japan) | ||||
Release date | October 6,
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Running time | 72 Minutes | ||||
Countries | Japan, United States | ||||
Languages | rentals)[2] |
Proof of the Man (
Plot
A young black man from New York named Johnny Hayward (
Munesue starts to suspect that Kyōko knows more than she is letting on. He travels to New York to find out more about the dead man. There he is partnered with American detective Ken Shuftan (played by George Kennedy), who seems to be the same man who killed Munesue's father. Munesue finds that the young man is the son of a black American soldier and a Japanese woman. He also finds Yasugi's son, who deliberately provokes Shuftan into shooting him dead. Munesue returns to Japan and begins to suspect Kyōko. He travels to a resort and discovers that Kyōko was a prostitute in the years after the war. Finally he has enough evidence and confronts Kyōko that Johnny was her mixed-race son, and she killed him to protect her reputation. Kyōko commits suicide. In America, Shuftan goes looking for the Johnny's father and finds he is dead. Then Shuftan is stabbed and dies.
Cast
- George Kennedy - Shuftan
- Yūsaku Matsuda - Munesue
- Mariko Okada - Kyōko Yasugi
- Bunjaku Han - Naomi (woman run over)
- Joe Yamanaka - Johnny Hayward
- Janet Hatta
- Toshiro Mifune - Yasugi's husband
- Robert Earl Jones - Willy Hayward, Johnny's father
- Broderick Crawford - Shuftan's superior in the police force
- Rick Jason - Lionel Adams
- Kōichi Iwaki- Yasugi's son
- Takeo Chii - Detective Kusaba
- Hiroyuki Nagato - Naomi's husband
- Kōji Wada : Kawanishi
- Hajime Hana - partner
- Junzaburō Ban - onsen owner
Reception
The film was the second
Music
The theme song, titled Ningen no Shōmei no Tēma and featuring the line "Mama, do you remember", was a chart hit for Joe Yamanaka, selling 517,000 copies and reaching number 2 on the Oricon chart in Japan.[6] It was also a hit in other Asian countries.[citation needed] In Chinese-speaking countries the song is called "Old Straw Hat", taken from part of the lyrics in the song.[citation needed]
Television remake
In 2004, the movie was remade as a 10 episode mini-series for
Cast
- Yutaka Takenouchi as Ichiro Munesue
- Bo Svenson as Ken Shuftan
- Yui Natsukawa as Kiriko Motomiya
- Keiko Matsuzaka as Kyoko Koori
- Sousuke Takaoka as Shohei Koori
- Ren Osugi as Atsushi Yokowatari
- Nao Matsushita as Michiko Asaeda
- Seiichi Tanabe as Tomoya Saeki
- Maki Horikita as Sayaka Koori
- Hiroyuki Ikeuchi as Johnny Hayward
References
- ^ "松山善三 高峰秀子". cinemanouveau. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ a b Myers, Harold (31 May 1978). "Japan At Cannes: The Foreign Market As Question Mark". Variety. p. 3.
- ^ "デジタル大辞泉プラス「人間の証明」の解説". KOTOBANK. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
- ^ a b "Proof of the Man". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
- ISBN 978-4873766560
- ^ Kajiyan. "Ningen no Shōmei". Retrieved 11 March 2012.[permanent dead link]
External links
- Proof of the Man at IMDb