Rusty Knife (1958)
1958 · Feature film · 90 min · dir. Toshio Masuda
- Drama
- film noir
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 friends is Keiko, the daughter of the dead councilman and the ward of another powerful official. How do these stories connect?
Synopsis from TMDb
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
- Language
- Japanese
- Collection
- Film Noir, Feature Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Toshio Masuda
- yakuza
- Japanese noir
- English-subtitles
Cast & crew
Toshio Masuda Director
Masao Shimizu
Mie Kitahara
Joe Shishido
Yūjirō Ishihara
Akira Kobayashi