The Shawshank Redemption
1994 · Drama · Crime
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Film / 1959
The Big Boss
Directed by
Kihachi Okamoto
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 story
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.
Cast
Koji TsurutaRyuta Komatsu
Seizaburō KawazuYokomitsu
Akira TakaradaMineo Komatsu
Mitsuko KusabueRie
Keiko YanagawaYoko
Akihiko HirataSudo
Makoto SatōGoro
Haruo TanakaKurosaki
Mickey CurtisTatsu
Yōsuke NatsukiKashimura's Assistant
Hiroshi Hayashi
Sachio SakaiRestaurant Bartender
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Michino YokoyamaRestaurant Worker
Sonomi NakajimaClub Singer
Rumiko SasaKana
Kokuten KōdōIshiyama’s Father
Noriko HonmaMineo's Aunt
Akira SeraDetective Murakami
Ikio SawamuraMr. Amagishi
Nadao KirinoGangster
Shin ŌtomoNishiwaki Finance Company President
Hideyo AmamotoKoyama
Ren YamamotoKen
Haruya KatōTakebo
Katsuji Ichikawa
Kōji Iwamoto
Kōji Ueno
Yutaka Nakayama
Ren Imaizumi
Tadao NakamaruDetective
Shōichi Hirose
Hiroshi Takaragi
Toshirō MifuneKashimura
Yumi ShirakawaJunko
Edward Keane
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