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Big Shots Die at Dawn (1961)

Genre : Crime, Action

Runtime : 1H 37M

Director : Kihachi Okamoto
Writer : Ichirô Ikeda, Ei Ogawa

Synopsis

An early Okamoto yakuza film, though it's not in the Underworld series (along with The Last Gunfight and The Big Boss) despite being alternatively known as "Death of the Boss." While Okamoto did not write this film and took on the project because he was assigned and "just doing [his] job" according to an interview with Chris Desjardins in Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film, he did express a general excitement about working in action cinema (which shows through in this film's energy.)

Actors

Yûzô Kayama
Yûzô Kayama
Jiro
Kumi Mizuno
Kumi Mizuno
Mickey Curtis
Mickey Curtis
Akihiko Hirata
Akihiko Hirata
Jun Tazaki
Jun Tazaki
Tadao Nakamaru
Tadao Nakamaru
Ichirô Nakatani
Ichirô Nakatani
Yukiko Shimazaki
Yukiko Shimazaki
Eijirō Yanagi
Eijirō Yanagi
Sachio Sakai
Sachio Sakai
Ren Yamamoto
Ren Yamamoto
Senkichi Ômura
Senkichi Ômura
Hisashi Igawa
Hisashi Igawa
Kunie Tanaka
Kunie Tanaka
Fuyuki Murakami
Fuyuki Murakami
Hideo Sunazuka
Hideo Sunazuka
Masanobu Oki
Masanobu Oki
Kōji Iwamoto
Kōji Iwamoto
Kan Hayashi
Kan Hayashi

Crews

Kihachi Okamoto
Kihachi Okamoto
Director
Yoshitami Kuroiwa
Yoshitami Kuroiwa
Editor
Yukio Ota
Yukio Ota
Director of Photography
Sei Ikeno
Sei Ikeno
Original Music Composer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Executive Producer
Reiji Miwa
Reiji Miwa
Executive Producer
Shinobu Muraki
Shinobu Muraki
Art Direction
Shin Watarai
Shin Watarai
Sound Recordist
Masanobu Miyazaki
Masanobu Miyazaki
Sound Recordist
Eiji Yamaguchi
Eiji Yamaguchi
Lighting Technician
Haruhiko Oyabu
Haruhiko Oyabu
Original Story
Ichirô Ikeda
Ichirô Ikeda
Screenplay
Ei Ogawa
Ei Ogawa
Screenplay

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