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The Eagle and the Hawk

The Eagle and the Hawk

19575.71h 55m

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.

Directed by Umetsugu Inoue
Written by Umetsugu Inoue
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Top Cast

Yūjirō Ishihara

Yūjirō Ishihara

Senkichi Nomura

Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni

Keizo Sasaki

Ruriko Asaoka

Ruriko Asaoka

Akiko

Hiroyuki Nagato

Hiroyuki Nagato

Goro

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

Onizame

Shinichi Yanagisawa

Shinichi Yanagisawa

"Mom"

K

Kinshiro Matsumoto

Ken

J

Jushiro Kobayashi

Sanzo

Tōru Abe

Tōru Abe

Matsu

Kō Nishimura

Kō Nishimura

Hikobei

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Themes & Keywords

japanhong kongsailorpost war japanfreightershipboard romance

About The Eagle and the Hawk

The Eagle and the Hawk is a action, drama, crime, adventure film released in 1957 exploring themes of japan, hong kong, sailor, post war japan, freighter, shipboard romance. Directed by Umetsugu Inoue, it stars Yūjirō Ishihara, Rentaro Mikuni, Ruriko Asaoka. 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.

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