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The Last Gunfight (1960)

The Last Gunfight (1960)

Action Crime Thriller
Release Date: 1960, January 3
Directors: Kihachi Okamoto
Countries: Japan
Production: TOHO, TOHO, Tokyo Laboratory, Tokyo Laboratory
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Yoshio Kosugi, Hiroshi Hayashi, Sachio Sakai, Akira Tani, Haruo Nakajima, Kōji Iwamoto, Shigeo Katō, Ren Yamamoto, Makoto Satō, Ichirō Nakatani, Jun Tazaki

Overview:

Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city of Kojin. Kojin is the scene of fierce fighting between rival gangs. Fujioka is assigned to investigate the death of the wife of gangster Tetsuo Maruyama of the Kozuka gang, probably at the hands of one of the Oka gang. During a gang gunfight, Maruyama is rescued by Detective Fujioka and the two become friends. But Maruyama insists on avenging his wife's murder, even if it means conflict with his new friend.

Keywords:

japanese noir