Showdown at Night's End (1964)
Set against the backdrop of a port city, this action-packed story follows a man who makes a living selling daily necessities to foreign ships entering the harbor. When he believes he’s been set up to raise funds, he finds himself caught in a trap and forced to become an accomplice to smuggling.
Director:
Akira Inoue
Writer:
Kazuo Funahashi
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Jirō Tamiya as Kusumi |
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Naoko Kubo as Hinako |
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Eitarō Ozawa as Iseki |
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Yūsuke Kawazu as Inagaki |
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Hiroko Nakagawa as Chiyo |
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Ryūtarō Gomi as Yoshida |
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Saburo Date as Anan |
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Fujio Suga as Horisaki |
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Ikuko Mōri as Tamae |
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Midori Towada as Mari |
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Gen Kimura as Customs officer |
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Shingo Hosoya as Kimura |
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Chizuko Takamori as Sachiko |
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Yūsaku Terashima as Yana |
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Akira Shiga as Detective B |
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Hiroyoshi Nishioka as Gunman |
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Shohachiro Miki as Detective A |
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松田啓余志 as Dirty man |
| Directing | Akira Inoue | Director |
| Writing | Jirō Ikushima | Novel |
| Writing | Kazuo Funahashi | Screenplay |
| Production | Takehiko Fujiyama | Producer |
| Art | Yoshinobu Nishioka | Art Direction |
| Sound | Kunihiko Sugano | Music |
| Sound | Masao Ōsumi | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Hiroshi Mima | Lighting Technician |
| Editing | Kanji Suganuma | Editor |
| Camera | Yasuhiro Miura | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Fujio Morita | Director of Photography |