The Big Boss (1959) [N/A]

Release Date:
January 15, 1959

Original Title:
暗黒街の顔役

Alternate Titles:
Ankokugai no kaoyaku
Boss of the Dark Black City
Boss of the Underworld
Tales of the Underworld: Big Boss
The Actress of the Underworld
Underworld Boss
Большой босс
暗黑街的颜役

Genres:
Crime

Production Companies:
TOHO

Production Countries:
Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 101

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.

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Art Direction:
Iwao Akune

Assistant Director:
Susumu Takebayashi

Director:
Kihachi Okamoto

Director of Photography:
Asakazu Nakai

Editor:
Yoshitami Kuroiwa

Executive Producer:
Tomoyuki Tanaka

Lighting Technician:
Shigeru Mori

Original Music Composer:
Akira Ifukube

Screenplay:
Motosada Nishikame
Shinichi Sekizawa

Sound Recordist:
Hisashi Shimonaga
Norio Tone

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