Movielogr
The Eagle and the Hawk (1957)
Directed by Umetsugu Inoue
Twitter Facebook Google+Overview
In a warehouse area at night, a drunk chief engineer is stabbed to death by someone who whistles. After the break of dawn, two seamen join the crew of a rusty cargo ship Kaiyo Maru. One is a troublemaker with bad attitudes, Senkichi Nomura, who pursues an enemy in order to take revenge for his father’s death. The other is Keizo Sasaki, a buff, eagle-eyed man on board for a certain mission.
Length 115 minutes
Actors
Kô Nishimura | Rentarô Mikuni | Tôru Abe | Ruriko Asaoka | Yumeji Tsukioka | Kunitaro Sawamura | Shinichi Yanagisawa | Hiroyuki Nagato | Yûjirô Ishihara | Tomio Aoki | Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi | Saburo Hiromatsu | Takashi Koshiba | Kôji Yashiro | Nobuo Kawakami | Shintarô Kido | Shirô Amakusa | Jushiro Kobayashi | Kinshiro Matsumoto | Gô Kuroda
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/03/2020 | TV | Broadcast | Other | 6 stars |
| (Average) 6 stars |
Viewing Notes
This was the second film in the Umetsugu Inoue double feature on Cinephobe.tv and also starring Yûjirô Ishihara in the lead role as a hotheaded seaman seeking revenge for his father’s murder. Initially thought this would be a murder mystery type of flick but it’s really mostly a drama since the mystery is revealed early. Then it’s mostly a relationship and character study between Ishihara role and that of the pretty Ruriko Asaoka whom I didn’t realize is the songstress Lily in the later Tora-san films.
No comments yet. Log in and be the first!