Proof of the Man (1977) on Netflix
Detective Munesue is called to a Tokyo hotel, where Johnny Hayward, a young man from New York, has been stabbed. The only clue is a dying word: straw hat.
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Plot summary
Johnny Hayward comes into a sum of money in New York, buys himself new clothes and flies to Tokyo. He is found stabbed to death in a hotel elevator while designer Kyoko Yasugi is holding a fashion show in the building. Detective Munesue and his partner take the case, and the word straw hat, spoken by the victim as he died, is the only lead. A married woman named Naomi is struck by a car driven by Yasugi's son, who leaves her body in the sea. Munesue flies to New York to learn about the dead man, working there with detective Ken Shuftan.
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- Sherryas Waitress
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Proof of the Man (1977)
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- Joe Yamanaka's theme song for the film, "Ningen no Shōmei no Tēma", sold 517,000 copies and reached number 2 on Japan's Oricon chart, and was a hit across Asia, where Chinese-speaking countries know it as "The Straw Hat Song".
- Junya Satō's Proof of the Man became the second highest-grossing film of all time in Japan, taking theatrical rentals of $15 million, or ¥2.25 billion.
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