is a 1958
action
Action may refer to:
* Action (narrative), a literary mode
* Action fiction, a type of genre fiction
* Action game, a genre of video game
Film
* Action film, a genre of film
* ''Action'' (1921 film), a film by John Ford
* ''Action'' (1980 fil ...
Japanese film
The has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world; as of 2021, it was the fourth largest by number of feature films produced. In 2011 Japan produced 411 feature films that e ...
directed by
Toshio Masuda. ''Rusty Knife'' was part of the Nikkatsu film studio's wave of Japanese ''noir'' films, made in order to compete with popular American and French films at the Japanese box office. The film became more widely available outside Japan only when Janus Films released a special set of Nikkatsu ''noir'' films on DVD, as part of
the Criterion Collection
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. The other films in the set are ''
A Colt Is My Passport'', ''
Take Aim at the Police Van'', ''
Cruel Gun Story'', and ''
I Am Waiting''.
Plot
Yukihiko Tachibana is an ex-convict trying to begin a new life after he is released from prison. Unable to forget the rape and consequent suicide of his girlfriend, he seeks revenge against a crime syndicate while resisting the urge to kill again. Meanwhile, the district attorney Karita and his men try to build a case against the same syndicate.
Cast
*
Yujiro Ishihara as Yukihiko Tachibana
*
Mie Kitahara as Keiko Nishida
* Shoji Yasui as Karita
*
Mari Shiraki as Yuri
*
Joe Shishido as Shimabara
*
Akira Kobayashi
is a Japanese actor and singer. His nickname is .
Biography
Kobayashi attended Meiji University but left before graduating. He became an actor at Nikkatsu and made his film debut with "Ueru Tamashii" directed by Yuzo Kawashima in 1956. He s ...
as Makoto Terada
*
Masao Shimizu
was a Japanese actor. His wife was actress Yumi Takano. His first starring role in the film was in ''Momoiro no Yuwaku'' in 1931. In 1947, he formed the Mingei Theatre Company. Shimizu often work with Akira Kurosawa. He appeared in more than 2 ...
as Shingo Mano
* Noaki Sugiura as Seiji Katsumata
*
Toshio Takahara as Takaishi
References
External links
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Japanese black-and-white films
1958 films
Films directed by Toshio Masuda
Nikkatsu films
1950s Japanese films
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