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
Shōichi Hirose
Akihiko Hirata
Yōsuke Natsuki
as Kashimura's assistant
Hiroshi Hayashi
Shin Ōtomo
Koji Tsuruta
as Ryuta Komatsu
Hideyo Amamoto
Ren Yamamoto
Seizaburō Kawazu
Ikio Sawamura
Nadao Kirino
Haruya Katō
Mitsuko Kusabue
as Rie
Haruo Tanaka
Rumiko Sasa
Yutaka Nakayama
Toshirō Mifune
as Kashimura
Sachio Sakai
Kokuten Kōdō
Mickey Curtis
Noriko Honma
Keiko Yanagawa
as Yoko
Makoto Satō
Michino Yokoyama
Tadao Nakamaru
Yumi Shirakawa
as Junko
Edward Keane
Akira Takarada
as Mineo Komatsu
