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Rusty Knife

Original title: Sabita naifu
  • 19581958
  • 1h 30m
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6.7/10
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Rusty Knife (1958)
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Two friends who witnessed an organized crime murder are threatened by the local mob into keeping quiet.Two friends who witnessed an organized crime murder are threatened by the local mob into keeping quiet.Two friends who witnessed an organized crime murder are threatened by the local mob into keeping quiet.
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
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    • Toshio Masuda
    • Shintarô Ishihara(screenplay)
    • Toshio Masuda(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Yûjirô Ishihara
    • Mie Kitahara
    • Akira Kobayashi
    • Toshio Masuda
    • Shintarô Ishihara(screenplay)
    • Toshio Masuda(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Yûjirô Ishihara
    • Mie Kitahara
    • Akira Kobayashi
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 6User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
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    Yûjirô Ishihara
    Yûjirô Ishihara
    • Yukihiko Tachibana
    Mie Kitahara
    Mie Kitahara
    • Keiko Nishida
    Akira Kobayashi
    Akira Kobayashi
    • Makoto Terada
    Mari Shiraki
    Mari Shiraki
    • Yuri
    Shôji Yasui
    Shôji Yasui
    • Prosecutor Karita
    Jô Shishido
    Jô Shishido
    • Shimabara
    • (as Joe Shishido)
    Naoki Sugiura
    • Seiji Katsumata
    Masao Shimizu
    Masao Shimizu
    • Shingo Mano
    Kaoru Kusuda
    Toshio Takahara
    Toshio Takahara
    • Takaishi
    Nobuo Kawakami
    • Detective Kanô
    Keiko Amaji
    • Yôko
    Kyosuke Aihara
    • Muramatsu
    Saburô Hiromatsu
    • Akira Mano
    Shirô Yanase
    • Takada
    Zenji Yamada
    Sanpei Mine
    Akiyoshi Fukae
      • Toshio Masuda
      • Shintarô Ishihara(screenplay) (story)
      • Toshio Masuda(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      This film is included in, "Eclipse Series 17: Nikkatsu Noir", released by Criterion.
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      Performed by Yûjirô Ishihara

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    7/10
    Fine Japanese noir
    There's much to like about this film for noir enthusiasts. Moody characters, flawed protagonists, a great soundtrack, loose women, expert use of shadows to underline the plot, and much, much more. This is one that'll keep you riveted to the end. That said, there's some cheesy stuff as well. In particular plot elements that sometimes pop up rather conveniently take away from an otherwise very neat movie. The dialog can be stiff although some of that may be a result of the translation from the Japanese. Some sound effects, or rather their absence left me wondering. For example in the chase scene it looked as if the trucks were smashing each other yet there was no sound of the crash, just of the racing engines. In fight scenes the punches weren't always accompanied by the sound of a punch, or you could hear one but see no punch. Finally the choreography of the fight scenes left much to be desired. People flew around without being touched and punches were thrown that obviously did not connect. The studio should have taken lessons from Hollywood about staging fights. But all in all, a fine movie that also reunites two fine actors, Yujiro Ishihara and Mie Kitahara, who two years earlier starred in "Crazed Fruit".
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      • March 11, 1958 (Japan)
      • Japan
      • Japanese
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      • Nikkatsu
      • Okura Film
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    • 1 hour 30 minutes
      • Black and White

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