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Big Shots Die at Dawn (1961)

Directed by Kihachi Okamoto

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Overview

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.)

Length 97 minutes

Actors

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