Akai hatoba

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50s subculture icon Yujiro Ishihara (Crazed Fruit) stars in Masuda's Red Pier as "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent. Shortly after arriving in Kobe, he witnesses a man die in a... Read all50s subculture icon Yujiro Ishihara (Crazed Fruit) stars in Masuda's Red Pier as "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent. Shortly after arriving in Kobe, he witnesses a man die in a crane accident which turns out to be a cover-up for a murder. Jiro soon finds himself on ... Read all50s subculture icon Yujiro Ishihara (Crazed Fruit) stars in Masuda's Red Pier as "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent. Shortly after arriving in Kobe, he witnesses a man die in a crane accident which turns out to be a cover-up for a murder. Jiro soon finds himself on the run, tailed by a determined cop...

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6.9/10

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Yûjirô Ishihara, Mie Kitahara, and Shirô Ôsaka in Akai hatoba (1958)

Yûjirô Ishihara, Sanae Nakahara, and Hideaki Nitani in Akai hatoba (1958)

Taizô Fukami, Kazuo Kinugasa, and Mie Kitahara in Akai hatoba (1958)

Yûjirô Ishihara and Hideaki Nitani in Akai hatoba (1958)

Yûjirô Ishihara and Mie Kitahara in Akai hatoba (1958)

Yûjirô Ishihara, Mie Kitahara, and Sanae Nakahara in Akai hatoba (1958)

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Trivia
Notice "Blue Harbour Cabalet" at about the 29 minute mark.

Goofs
Jiro gets shot in the right arm on the night of the festival leaving his jacket sleeve soaked in blood, yet in the next scene we see him playing pool with his shirt sleeves up and there's no sign of a wound on his arm.

Connections
Referenced in Kagenaki koe (1958)

Soundtracks
Akai Hatoba °aka: Red Wharf·
Composed by Hajime Kaburagi
Sung by Yûjirô Ishihara

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6/10

A Man Can't Do This All His Life

Yûjirô Ishihara is a killer from Tokyo, come to Kobe to lie low. His plans are thwarted almost immediately when he witnesses a brutal mob hit on the waterfront, and he becomes involved with the sister of a dead Yakuza. The cops are trailing him, the Yakuza want to put him to work, but he stubbornly resists.

My research shows that this was roughly based on PEPE LE MOKO, but I find its brutal side and plot give it a linkage to another well known crime drama, HIGH SIERRA Ishihara may not be Bogart with flour in his hair to make him look old and tired, but he is weary of a life in the shadows, a life he cannot escape, caught between the police and the Japanese crime organization. This is a Japanese movie, however, and the brutality and open sexuality of the docks makes this a less human film. In all three, the question remains: can a man outrun his fate?

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