Big Shots Die at Dawn (1961)

- Original title
- 顔役暁に死す
- Directed by
- Kihachi Okamoto
- Genre
- action film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A gangster faces a deadly conflict in the underworld. The film follows his violent struggle for survival.
tensegrittyfast-pacednoir-ishviolentstylizedbleakhard-boiled
What happens
『顔役暁に死す』 (かおやくあかつきにしす)は、日本のアクション映画。1961年公開。 大藪春彦の小説『火制地帯』を原作に、池田一郎と小川英が脚色、岡本喜八が監督したアクション映画。撮影監督は太田幸男。 『暗黒街』シリーズの派生作品に数えられることがある。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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