04 Apr 1970
The Creature Called Man
A top police-guard, charged with protecting a visiting politician and ruthless dictator, contends with an assassin set to kill the man.
Red Pier
Shortly after arriving in Kobe, "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent, witnesses a man die in a crane accident which turns out to be a cover-up for a murder. Jiro soon finds himself on the run, tailed by a determined cop.
Top Billed Cast
石原裕次郎 Jiro
石原まき子 Keiko Sugita
岡田眞澄 Taabô
中原早苗 Mami
大坂志郎 Detective Noro
轟夕起子 Mama
二谷英明 Katsumata
柳澤愼一 Shiraishi Paku-san
二本柳寛 Matsuda
清水まゆみ Mitsuko
山田禅二 Tanabe
Hiroshi Hijikata Tsuchida
深見泰三 Yottsuan
天草四郎 Police chief Hasegawa
Ryusei Ito Owner of the Chinese restaurant Fukushû
Jun Miyazaki 
新井麗子 Fusako
Kazuo Kinugasa Detective Takagi
小泉郁之助 Detective Yasuda
Michiko Yamada
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