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Rusty Knife (1958) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1958 · 90 mins · Japanese
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- Directed by
- Toshio Masuda
- Starring
- Masao Shimizu, Jō Shishido, Akira Kobayashi, Yūjirō Ishihara, Shigeru Amachi, Naoki Sugiura
Post‑war Udaka is corrupt. A determined district attorney, after an anonymous tip about a councilman’s suicide five years earlier, targets the smug thug Katsumata. His probe finds ex‑mob enforcer Tachibana, who killed his fiancée’s rapist and seeks redemption, and Keiko, the slain councilman’s daughter under an official’s care, binding their fates.
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