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Summary:

Best friends, who are former criminals and trying to go straight, are outed as witnesses to a murder committed by a local Yakuza boss. The police try to convince them to come forward. The gangsters try to pay them off, with the threat of death looming.

Contributors:

Mizunoe, Takiko, 1915-2009 , producer

Ishihara, Shintarō, 1932-2022 , screenwriter

Masuda, Toshio , director

Ishihara, Yūjirō, 1934-1987 , actor

Kitahara, Mie, 1933- , actor

Yasui, Shōji, 1928-2014 , actor

Shiraki, Mari, 1937-

Shishido, Jō, 1933-2020

Kobayashi, Akira, 1938-

Shimizu, Masao

Kusanagi, Kojiro

Takahara, Toshio

Takamura, Kuratarō, 1921-2005 , cinematographer

Satō, Masaru

Nikkatsu Kabushiki Kaisha

Janus Films

Criterion Collection (Firm)

Languages:

Japanese
English

Language Notes:

In Japanese, with optional English subtitles.

Related Series:

Eclipse (Criterion Collection (Firm)) > Series 17, Nikkatsu noir

Alternate Titles:

English title on DVD menu: Rusty knife
Title on set container: Nikkatsu noir

Subjects:

Criminals — Japan — Drama

Hoodlums — Japan — Drama

Organized crime — Japan — Drama

Gangsters — Japan — Drama

Yakuza — Japan — Drama

Japanese language films

Criminals

Hoodlums

Organized crime

Gangsters

Yakuza

Japan

Genres:

Action and adventure films

Film noir

Crime films

Feature films

Foreign language films

Drama

System Details:

DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1); Dolby Digital mono., NTSC.

Performers:

Cast: Yujiro Ishihara, Mie Kitahara, Shoji Yasui, Mari Shiraki, Joe Shishido, Akira Kobayashi, Masao Shimizu, Naoki Sugiura, Toshio Takahara.

Production Credits:

Cinematography, Kurataro Takamura ; editor, Masanori Tsujii ; art direction, Takashi Matsuyama; music, Masaru Sato.

General Notes:

A foreign film (Japan).
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1958.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; monochrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Video Characteristics:

NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

SAB 1958 DVD

ISBNs:

9781604652024
1604652020
9781604651942 (set)
1604651946 (set)

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515049719
Publisher Number, Criterion Collection: ECL077
Publisher Number, Criterion Collection (set): ECL075

OCLC Numbers:

429535527