Rusty Knife
1958 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan
Rusty Knife was the first smash for director Toshio Masuda, who would go on to become one of Japanese cinema’s major hit makers. In the film, Yujiro Ishihara and fellow top Nikkatsu star Akira Kobayashi play former hoodlums trying to leave behind a life of crime, but their past comes back to haunt them when the authorities seek them out as murder witnesses.
Direction Toshio Masuda
Cast Yujiro Ishihara · Mie Kitahara · Shoji Yasui · Mari Shiraki · Jô Shishido · Akira Kobayashi · Masao Shimizu · Naoki Sugiura · Toshio Takahara · Shigeru Amachi
Soundtrack Masaru Satô
Screenplay Shintaro Ishihara · Toshio Masuda
Cinematography Kurataro Takamura
Original title Sabita naifu (Rusty Knife)
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