Rusty Knife ( 1958 )

Overview

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' before of a city council member. Evidence about the case leads the D.A. to Tachibana, struggling to go straight after involvement with the mob and a prison sentence for killing the man responsible for the rape and suicide of his fiancée. One of Tachibana's friends is Keiko, the daughter of the dead councilman and the ward of another powerful official. How do these stories connect?

Top Cast

Yūjirō Ishihara

Yukihiko Tachibana

Mie Kitahara

Keiko Nishida

Shōji Yasui

Prosecutor Karita

Joe Shishido

Shimabara

Akira Kobayashi

Makoto Terada

Masao Shimizu

Shingo Mano

Naoki Sugiura

Seiji Katsumata

Toshio Takahara

Takaishi

Shigeru Amachi

Mari Shiraki

Yuri