Rusty Knife (1958)
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?
Director:
Toshio Masuda
Writer:
Shintarō Ishihara
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Yūjirō Ishihara as Yukihiko Tachibana |
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Mie Kitahara as Keiko Nishida |
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Shōji Yasui as Prosecutor Karita |
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Joe Shishido as Shimabara |
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Akira Kobayashi as Makoto Terada |
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Masao Shimizu as Shingo Mano |
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Naoki Sugiura as Seiji Katsumata |
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Toshio Takahara as Takaishi |
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Shigeru Amachi as |
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Mari Shiraki as Yuri |
| Writing | Shintarō Ishihara | Screenplay |
| Directing | Toshio Masuda | Director |
| Writing | Shintarō Ishihara | Story |
| Sound | Masaru Satō | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Takiko Mizunoe | Producer |
| Editing | Masanori Tsujii | Editor |
| Writing | Toshio Masuda | Writer |
| Camera | Kuratarō Takamura | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Kazuo Kawabe | Assistant Director |
| Art | Takashi Matsuyama | Art Direction |
