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Rusty Knife

5.919581h 30mMovieThrillerActionCrime

Udaka is a new, post-war city where corruption has already taken hold. A persistent district attorney wants to arrest and convict Katsumata, a laughing, self-confident thug. The D.A. gets an anonymous letter about the suicide five years'…

DirectorToshio Masuda
WritersToshio Masuda·Shintarō Ishihara
ProducerTakiko Mizunoe

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Cast · Directed by Toshio Masuda

YIYūjirō Ishihara
Yūjirō Ishihara
Yukihiko Tachibana
MKMie Kitahara
Mie Kitahara
Keiko Nishida
SYShōji Yasui
Shōji Yasui
Prosecutor Karita
JSJoe Shishido
Joe Shishido
Shimabara
AKAkira Kobayashi
Akira Kobayashi
Makoto Terada
MSMasao Shimizu
Masao Shimizu
Shingo Mano
NSNaoki Sugiura
Naoki Sugiura
Seiji Katsumata
TTToshio Takahara
Toshio Takahara
Takaishi
SAShigeru Amachi
Shigeru Amachi
MSMari Shiraki
Mari Shiraki
Yuri

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