The Eagle and the Hawk

The Eagle and the Hawk (1957)

29/09/1957
Action, Drama, Crime, Adventure
1h 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.

  • Umetsugu InoueDirector, Writer
  • Original Title

    鷲と鷹

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Japanese

Keywords

  • japan
  • hong kong
  • sailor
  • post war japan
  • freighter
  • shipboard romance
  • nikkatsu

Top Billed 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"

Kinshiro Matsumoto

Ken

Jushiro Kobayashi

Sanzo

Tōru Abe

Tōru Abe

Matsu

Kō Nishimura

Kō Nishimura

Hikobei

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