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
Toshirō Mifune | Noriko Honma | Akira Takarada | Mickey Curtis | Akihiko Hirata | Haruo Tanaka | Seizaburô Kawazu | Tadao Nakamaru | Ikio Sawamura | Koji Tsuruta | Sachio Sakai | Kokuten Kôdô | Edward Keane | Hiroshi Hayashi | Makoto Satō | Yumi Shirakawa | Yōsuke Natsuki | Hideyo Amamoto | Nadao Kirino | Mitsuko Kusabue | Michiyo Yokoyama | Shôichi Hirose | Shin Ôtomo | Ren Yamamoto | Akira Sera | Ren Imaizumi | Keiko Yanagawa | Haruya Katô | Kôji Iwamoto | Yutaka Nakayama | Sonomi Nakajima | Rumiko Sasa | Koji Ueno | Katsuji Ichikawa | Hiroshi Takaragi