Never Give Up
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- Movie: Never Give Up
- Romaji: Yasei no shômei
- Japanese: 野性の証明
- Director: Junya Sato
- Writer: Seiichi Morimura (novel), Koji Takada
- Producer: Haruki Kadokawa, Haruki Kadokawa, Fumio Matsuda, Sunao Sakagami, Simon Tse
- Cinematographer: Shinsaku Himeda
- Release Date: October 7, 1978
- Runtime: 143 min.
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Following a mass murder in rural Japan, ex-special forces solider Ajisawa (Ken Takakura) adopts the only remaining survivor of the massacre, an amnesiac young girl named Yoriko (Hiroko Yakushimaru). Seeking to Put the secrets of the past behind them, the pair instead finds themselves in conflict with the corrupt and powerful leaders of a small town. As Yoriko's memories begin to reemerge; Ajisawa must call upon his killer instincts to survive against the odds.
Cast
- Shinsuke Ashida - Sakamoto, head of the Defense Agency
- Kai Ato
- Moeko Ezawa - Hiromi, Bar hostess
- Hajime Hana - Lieutenant Muranaga
- Nobuo Kaneko - Head of Mizoguchi City
- Tanie Kitabayashi - Kiyo Matsushita
- Isao Kuraishi - Sakura, Kazunari's secretary
- Hiroki Matsukata - Minagawa
- Rentaro Mikuni - Kazunari Ohba
- Ryoko Nakano - Tomoko Ochi / Misako
- Mikio Narita - Nakado (yakuza)
- Isao Natsuyagi - Detective Kitano
- Yusuke Natsu - Taoka, pressman
- Hideji Otaki - Head of the Prime Minister's Office
- Orie Satoh - Yoriko's teacher
- Kaori Shima
- Hiroshi Tachi - Nariaki Ohba, Kazunari's son
- Ken Takakura - Takeshi Ajisawa
- Tetsuro Tamba - General Wada
- Takahiro Tamura - Urakawa, pressman
- Mashahiko Tanimura - Shop Owner
- Kudo Toshizou
- Tatsuo Umemiya - Izaki
- Hiroko Yakushimaru - Yoriko Nagai
- Joe Yamanaka - Akira Yamanaka
