The Wild Reporter
1959, Japanese. Directed by Akinori Matsuo.
Seven years ago, Ishimatsu Toshio, a talented radio producer at Zen Nihon Hōsō, witnessed a crazed drug addict murder his wife and then commit suicide, though Toshio was able to save the lives of their two children. Just transferred from Shimizu to Tokyo, Toshio hopes to produce a program that will expose the drug trade in Tokyo. One day, Toshio stops into a noodle shop where he is mistaken for a drug dealer and passed a bagful of drugs. The real dealer arrives in time to follow Toshio home. That night Toshio is attacked by the dealer, who turns out to be Kenji, one of the children Toshio had saved. Kenji can't bring himself to kill Toshio, so he runs away and goes into hiding from the mafia. While continuing to investigate the drug trade, Toshio searches for Kenji to get Kenji's testimony for his program.
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 27 September 1959
- Original title
- 清水の暴れん坊
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Nobuo Yamada, Akinori Matsuo
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The Wild Reporter isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 27 September 1959. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Wild Reporter?
The Wild Reporter (1959) was directed by Akinori Matsuo and stars Yūjirō Ishihara, Mie Kitahara, Izumi Ashikawa.