The Big Boss

The Big Boss

101 mins | Crime | Jan. 15, 1959

Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life, hoping to become a successful singer instead. Ryuta loves his brother, but Mineo's possible defection presents problems for the gang, and Ryuta realizes he must kill his brother if he wants to survive.

The Big Boss

101 mins | Crime | Jan. 15, 1959

The Big Boss

Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life, hoping to become a successful singer instead. Ryuta loves his brother, but Mineo's possible defection presents problems for the gang, and Ryuta realizes he must kill his brother if he wants to survive.

IMDb rating	7.0
Producers	Toho Company, Ltd.
Original title	暗黒街の顔役
Directors	Susumu Takebayashi, Kihachi Okamoto
Writers	Motosada Nishiki, Shinichi Sekizawa

Cast

Koji Tsuruta

as Ryuta Komatsu

Seizaburō Kawazu

as

Akira Takarada

as Mineo Komatsu

Mitsuko Kusabue

as Rie

Keiko Yanagawa

as Yoko

Akihiko Hirata

as

Makoto Satō

as

Haruo Tanaka

as

Mickey Curtis

as

Yōsuke Natsuki

as Kashimura's assistant

Hiroshi Hayashi

as

Sachio Sakai

as

Michiyo Yokoyama

as

Sonomi Nakajima

as

Rumiko Sasa

as

Kokuten Kōdō

as

Noriko Honma

as

Akira Sera

as

Ikio Sawamura

as

Nadao Kirino

as

Shin Ôtomo

as

Hideyo Amamoto

as

Ren Yamamoto

as

Haruya Katō

as

Katsuji Ichikawa

as

Kōji Iwamoto

as

Kōji Ueno

as

Yutaka Nakayama

as

Ren Imaizumi

as

Tadao Nakamaru

as

Shôichi Hirose

as

Hiroshi Takaragi

as

Toshirō Mifune

as Kashimura

Yumi Shirakawa

as Junko

Edward Keane

as