Proof of the Man When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime. Details Casts Title Proof of the Man Release Date 1977-10-08 Runtime 02 Hours 12 Minutes Genres Drama Crime Mystery Production Companies KADOKAWA Production Countries Japan, United States of America Mariko Okada Kyoko Yasugi George Kennedy Ken Shuftan Yūsaku Matsuda Detective Munesue Hajime Hana Broderick Crawford Detective O'Brien Joe Yamanaka Johnny Hayward Koichi Iwaki Kyohei Kori Keiko Takeshita Shizue Nakayama Ryoko Sakaguchi Sumiko Junko Takazawa Sherry Waitress Janet Hatta Yukiko Mishima Bunjaku Han Naomi Isao Natsuyagi Takashi Niimi Kōji Wada Hideo Murota Mizuho Suzuki Toru Minegishi Takeo Chii Hideji Ōtaki Robert Earl Jones Wilshire Hayward Gajirō Satō E.H. Eric Hiromitsu Suzuki Theresa Merritt Mario Kei Taguchi Lawyer Imamura Tadahiko Sugano Munesue's father Hiroshi Kondō Kōji Kawamura Tetsuya Yamaoka Genji Kawai Gōzō Sōma Gen Nakajima Hirohisa Nakata Goro Kataoka Yohei Kori's secretary Isao Takanami Yoshio Kirishima Tatsuya Kameyama Detective A Takeshige Hatanaka Detective D Chikara Gonoue Detective B Sakae Yamaura Detective C Hirokazu Takeda Detective E Kenji Yasunaga Detective F Kensuke Tamai Alexander Easley Shigeru Tsuyuki Saiko Mikami Hikari Yamanaka Akito Ishii Munesue (4 years old) Seiichi Morimura Rick Jason Lionel Adams Yuji Konno Junko Tamura Mineko Nishikawa Hiroshi Ogawa Hiroshi Ogawa Kinji Fukasaku Shibue, Assistant Lieute? Hiroyuki Nagato Tanie Kitabayashi Junzaburō Ban Toshirō Mifune Yohei Kori Koji Tsuruta