The Last Gunfight
1960 · 1h 35m · N/A
Action, Crime, Thriller
Directed by
Kihachi Okamoto
Overview
Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city of Kojin. Kojin is the scene of fierce fighting between rival gangs. Fujioka is assigned to investigate the death of the wife of gangster Tetsuo Maruyama of the Kozuka gang, probably at the hands of one of the Oka gang. During a gang gunfight, Maruyama is rescued by Detective Fujioka and the two become friends. But Maruyama insists on avenging his wife's murder, even if it means conflict with his new friend.
Director and cast
- Kihachi Okamoto Director
- Toshirō Mifune as Detective Saburo Fujioka
- Koji Tsuruta as Tetsuo Maruyama
- Yōko Tsukasa as Sally
- Yōsuke Natsuki as Officer Miake
- Makoto Satō as Yata
- Seizaburō Kawazu as Kyuzaburo Oka
- Jun Tazaki as Otokichi Kozuka
- Akemi Kita as Mari
- Mickey Curtis as Sugino
- Akihiko Hirata as Susumu Tendo
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