Proof of the Man

Snow clinging to Tokyo eaves, a wallet scrapes the bar floor. A gaijin’s last drink arrives in a stranger’s name. The tourist’s corpse is awake only in the detective’s mind. A Tokyo sleuth follows the dead man’s scent across the Pacific just to catch the scent of home.

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Junya Satō directed Proof of the Man in 1977. See Junya Satō's full filmography, where to start with Junya Satō, or where to go after you've seen everything by Junya Satō.

Proof of the Man was released in 1977 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 132 minutes.