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Rusty Knife
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Rusty Knife

1958-03-11 · 90 min · ★ 5.9

Thriller · Action · Crime

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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Directors
Toshio Masuda
Production companies
Nikkatsu Corporation
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Yūjirō IshiharaYūjirō IshiharaYukihiko Tachibana
Mie KitaharaMie KitaharaKeiko Nishida
Shōji YasuiShōji YasuiProsecutor Karita
Joe ShishidoJoe ShishidoShimabara
Akira KobayashiAkira KobayashiMakoto Terada
Masao ShimizuMasao ShimizuShingo Mano
Naoki SugiuraNaoki SugiuraSeiji Katsumata
Toshio TakaharaToshio TakaharaTakaishi
Shigeru AmachiShigeru Amachi
Mari ShirakiMari ShirakiYuri

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