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Underworld (1956)

Underworld poster
Original title
暗黒街
Directed by
Kajirō Yamamoto
Genre
gangster film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 39m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A post-war Japanese gangster film in black and white. It follows criminals and lawmen in the Tokyo underworld. The story is a straightforward crime yarn with a cast of tough characters.

noir-ishhard-boiledshadowybriskgrittyunvarnishedclassic

What happens

『暗黒街 』(あんこくがい)は、山本嘉次郎監督による1956年の犯罪映画。モノクロ、スタンダード。菊島隆三の「力道山物語 怒濤の男」の原案を、「逃げてきた花嫁」の共同脚本の一人である若尾徳平が脚色し、「愛の歴史」の山本嘉次郎が監督を務めた。 「チエミの初恋チャッチャ娘」。撮影はムスメの遠藤精一さんが担当。主な出演者は、『宮本武蔵 完結篇 決闘巌流島』の鶴田浩二、『黒帯三国志』の三船敏郎、『彼奴を逃すな』の志村喬、『ちえみの初恋ちゃちゃ娘』の小泉博。 、『逃げてきた花嫁』の青山京子、『驟雨』の根岸明美、『早春』の宮口精二。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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