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The Big Boss (1959) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1959 · 101 mins · Japanese
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- Directed by
- Kihachi Okamoto
- Starring
- Toshirô Mifune, Seizaburô Kawazu, Yôsuke Natsuki, Akihiko Hirata, Noriko Honma, Akira Takarada
Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers who work as yakuza. Though Mineo participates in crimes and murder, he dreams of leaving the gang to pursue a singing career. Ryuta cares deeply for his sibling, but Mineo’s possible defection threatens the organization, forcing Ryuta to confront the brutal choice of killing his brother to stay alive.
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