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Big Shots Die at Dawn (1961)
Directed by Kihachi Okamoto
Most recently watched by sleestakk
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
Yûzô Kayama | Kumi Mizuno | Mickey Curtis | Akihiko Hirata | Jun Tazaki | Tadao Nakamaru | Ichirô Nakatani | Yukiko Shimazaki | Eijirô Yanagi | Sachio Sakai | Ren Yamamoto | Senkichi Ômura | Hisashi Igawa | Kunie Tanaka | Fuyuki Murakami | Hideo Sunazuka | Masanobu Oki | Kôji Iwamoto | Kan Hayashi