Summary Salarymen Uozo and his friend Kosaku plan to climb a mountain. A few days before they are due to start, Kosaku confesses that he has had a fling with a married woman, with whom he is now madly in love, but she has just dumped him. The rope breaks during the climb, killing Kosaku. Was the rope faulty, or did Kosaku plan to kill himself ? The rope manufacturer pressures Uozo towards the suicide theory, but Uozo stands firm. Who will back down ? View more details
Directed : Yasuzô Masumura
Written : Kaneto Shindô Yasushi Inoue
Stars : Fujiko Yamamoto Keizô Kawasaki Kenji Sugawara Hitomi Nozoe
Genres : Mystery Drama Romance
Release date : Mar 17, 1958
Countries of origin : Japan
Language : Japanese
Filming locations : Mount Hodaka, Nagano, Japan
Production companies : Daiei Studios
Summary Salarymen Uozo and his friend Kosaku plan to climb a mountain. A few days before they are due to start, Kosaku confesses that he has had a fling with a married woman, with whom he is now madly in love, but she has just dumped him. The rope breaks during the climb, killing Kosaku. Was the rope faulty, or did Kosaku plan to kill himself ? The rope manufacturer pressures Uozo towards the suicide theory, but Uozo stands firm. Who will back down ? View more details
Genres : Mystery Drama Romance
Release date : Mar 17, 1958
Countries of origin : Japan
Language : Japanese
Filming locations : Mount Hodaka, Nagano, Japan
Production companies : Daiei Studios
