The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
1958, Japanese. Directed by Katsumi Nishikawa.
Former boxer Daishiro lost his wife, and his only son, Kaoru, went missing, it was a heavy blow for Daishiro. One day, Daishiro got a call from his relative Morihiko. He said he forgot the winning lottery ticket of 2 million yen at the hotel, so he wants Daishiro to go and pick it up. Morihiko used the hotel for secret meetings, so he said he couldn't go there himself because he was afraid it would become public. When Daishiro entered the hotel, the Yakuza, who learned about the lottery from the newspaper, threaten the hotel maid Noriko, and want to rob her. Daishiro helps Noriko and safely picks up the lottery, but a message arrives from his relative Seikichi from Osaka. His missing son Kaoru is said to be a boxer in Osaka. "My son... He has the blood of a boxer in him..." Daishiro is heading to Osaka in a hurry...
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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Cast & crew
- Katsumi NishikawaDirector
- Tamio KawachiKaoru Shirafuji
- Ruriko AsaokaNoriko Komatsu
- Hiroshi KondōKen
- Sanae NakaharaRuka Umebayashi
- Kō NishimuraTominaga
- Masumi OkadaMorihiko Shirafuji
- Shoichi OzawaSeikichi Kawarai
- Kin SugaiOsumi
- Toyo TakahashiMitsu Shirafuji
- Taiji TonoyamaMasumura
- Kaku TakashinaBoxing trainer
- Hisao ToakeKenryô Shirafuji
Details
- Released
- 2 September 1958
- Original title
- 明日を賭ける男
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Ichirō Ikeda, Dai Nishijima
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The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow runs 98 minutes (1h 38m).
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The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 2 September 1958. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow?
The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow (1958) was directed by Katsumi Nishikawa and stars Tamio Kawachi, Ruriko Asaoka, Hiroshi Kondō.