Big Shots Die at Dawn (1961)
Original title: 顔役暁に死す
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An early Okamoto yakuza film, though it's not in the Underworld series (along with The Last Gunfight and The Big Boss) despite being alternatively known as "Death of the Boss." While Okamoto did not write this film and took on the project because he was assigned and "just doing [his] job" according to an interview with Chris Desjardins in Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film, he did express a general excitement about working in action cinema (which shows through in this film's energy.)
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Yūzō KayamaJiro
Kumi Mizuno
Mickey Curtis
Akihiko Hirata
Jun Tazaki
Tadao Nakamaru
Ichirō Nakatani
Yukiko Shimazaki
Eijirō Yanagi
Sachio Sakai
Ren Yamamoto
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What is Big Shots Die at Dawn about?
An early Okamoto yakuza film, though it's not in the Underworld series (along with The Last Gunfight and The Big Boss) despite being alternatively known as "Death of the Boss." While Okamoto did not write this film and took on the project because he was assigned and "just doing [his] job" according to an interview with Chris Desjardins in Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film, he did express a general excitement about working in action cinema (which shows through in this film's energy.)
How long is Big Shots Die at Dawn?
Big Shots Die at Dawn has a runtime of 97 minutes.