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Rusty Knife (1958)

1958 · Feature film · 90 min · dir. Toshio Masuda

  • Drama
  • film noir
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Synopsis

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…

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Details

Director
Toshio Masuda
Writer
Toshio Masuda
Composer
Masaru Satō
Cinematography
Kuratarō Takamura
Studio
Nikkatsu Corporation
Released
1958-03-11
Original title
錆びたナイフ
Running time
90 minutes

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