The Big Boss
暗黒街の顔役
Release: 1959-01-15
·Runtime: 101m
·★ 6.3
Crime
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
TOHO
Cast
Mitsuko Kusabue
as Rie
Ikio Sawamura
Haruya Katō
Yutaka Nakayama
Yumi Shirakawa
as Junko
Koji Tsuruta
as Ryuta Komatsu
Hiroshi Hayashi
Michino Yokoyama
Hideyo Amamoto
Akira Takarada
as Mineo Komatsu
Yōsuke Natsuki
as Kashimura's assistant
Rumiko Sasa
Kokuten Kōdō
Nadao Kirino
Shin Ōtomo
Shōichi Hirose
Mickey Curtis
Noriko Honma
Ren Yamamoto
Tadao Nakamaru
Edward Keane
Akihiko Hirata
Toshirō Mifune
as Kashimura
Makoto Satō
Haruo Tanaka
Sachio Sakai
Seizaburō Kawazu
Keiko Yanagawa
as Yoko
