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Big Shots Die at Dawn
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Big Shots Die at Dawn

1961-04-09 · 97 min · ★ 6.4

Crime · Action

Grown up son arrives home to learn his father, the newly elected mayor, has been assassinated. So he journeys down a path to find the assassin and gets involved with two opposing yakuza gangs.

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Directors
Kihachi Okamoto
Production companies
TOHO
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Yūzō KayamaYūzō KayamaJiro
Kumi MizunoKumi Mizuno
Mickey CurtisMickey Curtis
Akihiko HirataAkihiko Hirata
Jun TazakiJun Tazaki
Tadao NakamaruTadao Nakamaru
Ichirō NakataniIchirō Nakatani
Yukiko ShimazakiYukiko Shimazaki
Eijirō YanagiEijirō Yanagi
Sachio SakaiSachio Sakai
Ren YamamotoRen Yamamoto
Senkichi ŌmuraSenkichi Ōmura
Hisashi IgawaHisashi Igawa
Kunie TanakaKunie Tanaka
Fuyuki MurakamiFuyuki Murakami
Hideo SunazukaHideo Sunazuka
Masanobu Oki
Kōji Iwamoto
Kan Hayashi

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