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Rusty Knife (1958)

Overview

Udaka is a new, post-war city where corruption has already taken hold. A persistent district attorney wants to arrest and convict Katsumata, a laughing, self-confident thug. The D.A. gets an anonymous letter about the suicide five years' before of a city council member. Evidence about the case leads the D.A. to Tachibana, struggling to go straight after involvement with the mob and a prison sentence for killing the man responsible for the rape and suicide of his fiancée. One of Tachibana's friends is Keiko, the daughter of the dead councilman and the ward of another powerful official. How do these stories connect?
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Toshio Masuda profile
Toshio Masuda

Director

Shintarō Ishihara profile
Shintarō Ishihara

Screenplay

Cast

Yūjirō Ishihara profile
Yūjirō Ishihara

Yukihiko Tachibana

Mie Kitahara profile
Mie Kitahara

Keiko Nishida

Shōji Yasui profile
Shōji Yasui

Prosecutor Karita

Jō Shishido profile
Jō Shishido

Shimabara

Akira Kobayashi profile
Akira Kobayashi

Makoto Terada

Masao Shimizu profile
Masao Shimizu

Shingo Mano

Naoki Sugiura profile
Naoki Sugiura

Seiji Katsumata

Toshio Takahara profile
Toshio Takahara

Takaishi

Shigeru Amachi profile
Shigeru Amachi

Mari Shiraki profile
Mari Shiraki

Yuri

Yūjirō Ishihara profile
Yūjirō Ishihara

Yukihiko Tachibana

Mie Kitahara profile
Mie Kitahara

Keiko Nishida

Shōji Yasui profile
Shōji Yasui

Prosecutor Karita

Jō Shishido profile
Jō Shishido

Shimabara

Akira Kobayashi profile
Akira Kobayashi

Makoto Terada

Masao Shimizu profile
Masao Shimizu

Shingo Mano

Naoki Sugiura profile
Naoki Sugiura

Seiji Katsumata

Toshio Takahara profile
Toshio Takahara

Takaishi

Shigeru Amachi profile
Shigeru Amachi

Mari Shiraki profile
Mari Shiraki

Yuri

Extra

Release Date

March 11, 1958

Original Language

French, Japanese

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

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