Movielogr
The Big Boss (1959)
Directed by Kihachi Okamoto
Overview
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.
Length 101 minutes
Actors
Koji Tsuruta | Seizaburô Kawazu | Akira Takarada | Mitsuko Kusabue | Keiko Yanagawa | Akihiko Hirata | Makoto Satō | Haruo Tanaka | Mickey Curtis | Yōsuke Natsuki | Hiroshi Hayashi | Sachio Sakai | Michiyo Yokoyama | Sonomi Nakajima | Rumiko Sasa | Kokuten Kôdô | Noriko Honma | Akira Sera | Ikio Sawamura | Nadao Kirino | Shin Ôtomo | Hideyo Amamoto | Ren Yamamoto | Haruya Katô | Katsuji Ichikawa | Kôji Iwamoto | Koji Ueno | Yutaka Nakayama | Ren Imaizumi | Tadao Nakamaru | Shôichi Hirose | Hiroshi Takaragi | Toshirō Mifune | Yumi Shirakawa | Edward Keane