- Source: Rusty Knife
Rusty Knife (錆びたナイフ, Sabita naifu) is a 1958 action Japanese film 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. 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 as Makoto Terada
Masao Shimizu as Shingo Mano
Noaki Sugiura as Seiji Katsumata
Toshio Takahara as Takaishi
References
External links
Rusty Knife at IMDb