PROOF OF THE MAN

[wizard12220]

Does anyone know a Japanese-USA co production movie in the late 70's called "Proof Of the man" (Don't know the Japanese title).

It starred George Kennedy and has a popular song "Mama do you remember?" sung by Joe Yamanaka.

I know this is not a Samurai movie, but since a lot of Japanese movies experts are here, does anyone know about this movie and the availability of the DVD?

Thanks alot.

wizard

[WalkOn]

This is some information I found. Hope this helps.

Ningen no Shoumei (Proof of the Man)
Director: Junya Sato (1977)132min.

Cast: Mariko Okada, Yusaku Matsuda (Munesue), George Kennedy (Shuftan), Toshiro Mifune, Joe Yamanaka, Broderick Curoford, Rick Jason, Hajime Hana, Koji Tsuruta, Hideo Murota, Kinji Fukasaku, Tanie Kitabayashi

[wizard12220]

Thanks alot, WalkOn.

Really appreciate it.

[sevenhooks]

Let us know if you come accross a DVD.
Been looking for this myself.

I have the pretty cool soundtrack by Yuji Ohno (who's most famous for his work on the classic anime Lupin III).

[wizard12220]

Find the costly Japanese DVD

tinypic.com/70ibk9.jpg (http://tinypic.com/70ibk9.jpg)

The director is the same director of Ken Takakura's movies: Bullet Train and Never Give Up (Proof of the Wild)

[wizard12220]

sevenhooks,

is there anyway I can get the soundtrack?

I used to have the title song cassette long time ago.

[WalkOn]

You read Japanese? I couldn't tell anything about the movie from the image I saw when I clicked on that link.

FYI - There is a 2004 TV series of the same name that is available on DVD or VCD.

[wizard12220]

I searched it based on the Japanese title you gave me and the director's name.

It available at CDJapan.

And yes, I also found the TV series, starred Yutaka Takenouchi. I think I can find the TV series easily here.