The Big Boss (1959)
暗黒街の顔役
A monumental action epic co-starring Tsuruta, Takarada, and Mifune!
Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life, hoping to become a successful singer instead. Ryuta loves his brother, but Mineo's possible defection presents problems for the gang, and Ryuta realizes he must kill his brother if he wants to survive.
- Date of release
- 1959-01-15
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Director
- Kihachi Okamoto
Casting
- Koji Tsuruta — Ryuta Komatsu
- Seizaburō Kawazu — Yokomitsu
- Akira Takarada — Mineo Komatsu
- Mitsuko Kusabue — Rie
- Keiko Yanagawa — Yoko
- Akihiko Hirata — Sudo
- Makoto Satō — Goro
- Haruo Tanaka — Kurosaki
- Mickey Curtis — Tatsu
- Yōsuke Natsuki — Kashimura's Assistant
- Hiroshi Hayashi
- Sachio Sakai — Restaurant Bartender
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