Light The Explosives (1959)
爆薬に火をつけろ
Three young men face off against corrupt officials and Yakuza in order to complete a reclamation project of the coastal embankment, who try to derail the project every step of the way until a tsunami hits, putting everyone in danger.
- Date of release
- 1959-07-05
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Genres
- Action, Drama
- Director
- Koreyoshi Kurahara
Casting
- Akira Kobayashi — Chūji Nakanishi (President of the Nakanishi-gumi construction company)
- Mari Shiraki — Chikako Shiga (Photographer)
- Masumi Okada — Jirō Sugi (Civil engineer for Nakanishi-gumi)
- Kō Nishimura — Sakamaki (Trade journal reporter)
- Kenjiro Uemura — Gorō Hasegawa (Fūtarō)
- Hiroshi Kondō — Tomioka (Technical official, Kanagawa Prefectural Port Division)
- Shinsuke Ashida — Takamitsu Sesato (President of Teikoku Kin'yū)
- Shōji Yasui — Susumu Suda (Fūtarō, a former doctor)
- Yasukiyo Umeno — Tatsuhiko Ōe (Nakanishi-gumi accountant; nicknamed "Shibuchin")
- Shin Date — Sōichirō Shiga (Branch manager at Kanagawa Bank; Chikako's father)
- Hiroshi Hijikata — Kyūsaku Gonda (Fūtarō)
- Sanpei Mine — Kanji (Kitchen Staff, Nakanishi-gumi)
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