• Director(s)

    Tai Kato

  • Production Year

    1966

  • Genre(s)

    Action, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    89m

  • Cast

    Noboru Andô, Ichirô Nakatani, Sanae Nakahara

Film

By A Man's Face Shall You Know Him

sexual violence, sexual threat, strong violence, bloody images

BY A MAN'S FACE SHALL YOU KNOW HIM is a Japanese crime drama from 1966, in which a doctor trying to leave his military past behind is drawn into a community's struggle against violent gangs in postwar Tokyo.

BY A MAN'S FACE SHALL YOU KNOW HIM is a Japanese crime drama from 1966, in which a doctor trying to leave his military past behind is drawn into a community's struggle against violent gangs in postwar Tokyo.

violence
There are stabbings which result in blood spurts as well as bloody shootings. Hand to hand fighting involves punches, kicks and shoves, with characters sometimes restrained and beaten by gangs of thugs. Women are slapped and shoved by male characters. There are scenes of war violence involving gunfire and explosions.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A frightened woman is taunted, chased and threatened by two men who tie her up and gag her, then throw objects at her. They drag her away and, it is implied, rape and murder her off-screen. A woman tells a man he can rape her in order to manage his anger; he begins to tear at her clothes but expresses immediate regret for his actions. A man grabs a woman and tears at her clothes, accusing her of being a stripper. Two men drag a screaming woman away, taunting her as they lift her skirt over her head; their attack is interrupted.
injury detail
There is strong bloody injury detail in the aftermath of violence as well as medical detail which includes pools of blood and splashes over sheets and gowns.
additional issues
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms which include 'bitch', 'shit', 'bastard', 'bloody', 'son of a bitch', 'screw', 'jerk', 'hell' and 'damn'. Japanese and Korean characters make discriminatory references toward one another in the context of a turf war and the postwar reconstruction of Japan. There are scenes of gun and knife threat as well as characters being threatened with violence and beatings. Couple kiss and caress one another and there are undetailed verbal references to sex, sex workers and strippers.
  • Director(s)

    Tai Kato

  • Production Year

    1966

  • Genre(s)

    Action, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    89m

  • Cast

    Noboru Andô, Ichirô Nakatani, Sanae Nakahara

sexual violence, sexual threat, strong violence, bloody images
Classified Date:
03/01/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Radiance Films
violence
There are stabbings which result in blood spurts as well as bloody shootings. Hand to hand fighting involves punches, kicks and shoves, with characters sometimes restrained and beaten by gangs of thugs. Women are slapped and shoved by male characters. There are scenes of war violence involving gunfire and explosions.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A frightened woman is taunted, chased and threatened by two men who tie her up and gag her, then throw objects at her. They drag her away and, it is implied, rape and murder her off-screen. A woman tells a man he can rape her in order to manage his anger; he begins to tear at her clothes but expresses immediate regret for his actions. A man grabs a woman and tears at her clothes, accusing her of being a stripper. Two men drag a screaming woman away, taunting her as they lift her skirt over her head; their attack is interrupted.
injury detail
There is strong bloody injury detail in the aftermath of violence as well as medical detail which includes pools of blood and splashes over sheets and gowns.
additional issues
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms which include 'bitch', 'shit', 'bastard', 'bloody', 'son of a bitch', 'screw', 'jerk', 'hell' and 'damn'. Japanese and Korean characters make discriminatory references toward one another in the context of a turf war and the postwar reconstruction of Japan. There are scenes of gun and knife threat as well as characters being threatened with violence and beatings. Couple kiss and caress one another and there are undetailed verbal references to sex, sex workers and strippers.
  • Classified date

    03/01/2024

  • Language

    Japanese