The Parting

Story

Synopsis

A university boxing captain struggles between love and ambition as he secretly longs for a woman promised to another. When betrayal and heartbreak push him toward a professional career, loyalty and sacrifice draw him back—ending in a fight against gangsters, a lost championship, and a tearful farewell to youth.

Directors

Shunkai Mizuho, 瑞穗春海

Writers

Hajime Arai

Language

Japanese

Country

Japan

Release date

10 May 1960

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Hiroshi Mizuhara

  Hiroshi Nakahara (University boxing club member)

• 

  Kumi Mizuno

  Yuki Toyama

• 

  Tadao Takashima

  Shuichi Nomoto (Aoi Construction engineer)

• Ken Mitsuda

  Genzo Toyama (President of Aoi Construction, Yuki’s father)

• Fumie Noguchi

  Midori Yoneyama (Yuki’s friend)

• 

  Kyōko Anzai

  Akemi (Jockey Club waitress)

• Kensuke Yairo

  Yuji Osawa (Boxing club manager)

• 

  Mitsuko Yoshikawa

  Sono Toyama (Genzo’s wife)

• 堀谷昭

  Masayuki Toyama

• Ayako Aso

  Fusako (Waitress)

• Misako Asuka

  Yoshiko (Waitress)

• Keiko Sugata

  Akiko