Proof of the Man
strong violence, language, bloody images, sexual violence, discrimination
Director(s)Junya Satō
Production year1977
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes133m
CastGeorge Kennedy, Broderick Crawford, Rick Jason
Proof of the Man
strong violence, language, bloody images, sexual violence, discrimination
After a New Yorker is murdered in Japan, Japanese and US detectives join forces to try to find the killer in this action ...
After a New Yorker is murdered in Japan, Japanese and US detectives join forces to try to find the killer in this action drama from 1977.
violence
There are scenes of strong bloody violence, such as stabbings, shootings and repeated sight of a racist beating in a flashback.
language
Strong language ('motherf**ker') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'son of a bitch', 'bastard', 'ass', 'shit' and 'hell'.
discrimination
Flashbacks to racist violence and threat from US soldiers towards Japanese people in the years following the end of World War II occur. In one scene, a Japanese man is beaten to death by a gang of US soldiers who proceed to urinate on his body in front of his young son. References are made to racism.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There is a brief scene of sexual assault in which a woman is dragged away by a gang of soldiers and her clothing ripped off with brief sight of her buttocks. It is implied that she is subsequently raped.
injury detail
Bloody detail is evident on people in the aftermath of violence, as well as sight of bloodied dead bodies.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
A person takes their own life; however, this is visually discreet. Moderate sex references include mentions of sex workers. Scenes of moderate threat include gun and knife threat. Visual and verbal references are made to drug misuse and addiction.
strong violence, language, bloody images, sexual violence, discrimination
Classified Date:
08/09/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Arrow Film Distributors Ltd
violence
There are scenes of strong bloody violence, such as stabbings, shootings and repeated sight of a racist beating in a flashback.
language
Strong language ('motherf**ker') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'son of a bitch', 'bastard', 'ass', 'shit' and 'hell'.
discrimination
Flashbacks to racist violence and threat from US soldiers towards Japanese people in the years following the end of World War II occur. In one scene, a Japanese man is beaten to death by a gang of US soldiers who proceed to urinate on his body in front of his young son. References are made to racism.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There is a brief scene of sexual assault in which a woman is dragged away by a gang of soldiers and her clothing ripped off with brief sight of her buttocks. It is implied that she is subsequently raped.
injury detail
Bloody detail is evident on people in the aftermath of violence, as well as sight of bloodied dead bodies.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
A person takes their own life; however, this is visually discreet. Moderate sex references include mentions of sex workers. Scenes of moderate threat include gun and knife threat. Visual and verbal references are made to drug misuse and addiction.
Classified date08/09/2025
LanguageJapanese
violence
There are scenes of strong bloody violence, such as stabbings, shootings and repeated sight of a racist beating in a flashback.
language
Strong language ('motherf**ker') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'son of a bitch', 'bastard', 'ass', 'shit' and 'hell'.
discrimination
Flashbacks to racist violence and threat from US soldiers towards Japanese people in the years following the end of World War II occur. In one scene, a Japanese man is beaten to death by a gang of US soldiers who proceed to urinate on his body in front of his young son. References are made to racism.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There is a brief scene of sexual assault in which a woman is dragged away by a gang of soldiers and her clothing ripped off with brief sight of her buttocks. It is implied that she is subsequently raped.
injury detail
Bloody detail is evident on people in the aftermath of violence, as well as sight of bloodied dead bodies.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
A person takes their own life; however, this is visually discreet. Moderate sex references include mentions of sex workers. Scenes of moderate threat include gun and knife threat. Visual and verbal references are made to drug misuse and addiction.
Director(s)Junya Satō
Production year1977
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes133m
CastGeorge Kennedy, Broderick Crawford, Rick Jason
strong violence, language, bloody images, sexual violence, discrimination
Classified Date:
08/09/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Arrow Film Distributors Ltd
violence
There are scenes of strong bloody violence, such as stabbings, shootings and repeated sight of a racist beating in a flashback.
language
Strong language ('motherf**ker') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'son of a bitch', 'bastard', 'ass', 'shit' and 'hell'.
discrimination
Flashbacks to racist violence and threat from US soldiers towards Japanese people in the years following the end of World War II occur. In one scene, a Japanese man is beaten to death by a gang of US soldiers who proceed to urinate on his body in front of his young son. References are made to racism.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There is a brief scene of sexual assault in which a woman is dragged away by a gang of soldiers and her clothing ripped off with brief sight of her buttocks. It is implied that she is subsequently raped.
injury detail
Bloody detail is evident on people in the aftermath of violence, as well as sight of bloodied dead bodies.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
A person takes their own life; however, this is visually discreet. Moderate sex references include mentions of sex workers. Scenes of moderate threat include gun and knife threat. Visual and verbal references are made to drug misuse and addiction.
Classified date08/09/2025
LanguageJapanese
