Big Shots Die at Dawn (1961)

  • NR
  • 04/09/1961 (JP)
  • Crime, Action
  • 1h 37m

Overview

An early Okamoto yakuza film, though it's not in the Underworld series (along with The Last Gunfight and The Big Boss) despite being alternatively known as "Death of the Boss." While Okamoto did not write this film and took on the project because he was assigned and "just doing [his] job" according to an interview with Chris Desjardins in Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film, he did express a general excitement about working in action cinema (which shows through in this film's energy.)

Kihachi Okamoto

Director

Ichirō Ikeda

Screenplay

Ei Ogawa

Screenplay

Cast

Yūzō Kayama's headshot

Yūzō Kayama

Jiro
Kumi Mizuno's headshot

Kumi Mizuno

Mickey Curtis's headshot

Mickey Curtis

Akihiko Hirata's headshot

Akihiko Hirata

Jun Tazaki's headshot

Jun Tazaki

Tadao Nakamaru's headshot

Tadao Nakamaru

Ichirō Nakatani's headshot

Ichirō Nakatani

Yukiko Shimazaki's headshot

Yukiko Shimazaki

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