The Big Boss (1959)

Original title

暗黒街の顔役

Directed by

Kihachi Okamoto

Genre

action film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 41m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A man working as a debt collector for a crime syndicate is pressured to stop his younger brother from becoming a singer. The brother gets caught up with a killer and witnesses a crime. The collector struggles to protect his brother while staying loyal to his gang.

tensemelancholicgrittyslow-burnnoirishbleakatmosphericbrooding

What happens

『暗黒街の顔役』（あんこくがいのかおやく）は、岡本喜八監督、鶴田浩二主演の1959年製作の日本映画。同時上映は『こだまは呼んでいる』。 横光組の金融取り立て部長である小松竜太は、弟・峰夫の歌手活動を止めさせるように社長と黒崎から強いられて説得を試みるが、峰夫は反発する。実は峰夫は殺し屋・五郎の逃亡を助ける運転手として、犯行当日の深夜に食堂の少女に顔を見られていた。モンタージュ写真は似ていないというもののいつ少女が思い出すか分からない不安が横光たちにはあり、このままでは少女の口封じをしなければならない。黒崎は臆病者の樫村が営む自動車修理工場で峰夫を痛めつけるが、峰夫は絶対に屈服しない。板挟み状態の竜太は、頼れる兄貴分の須藤に相談する。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.