Rusty Knife

About Rusty Knife

Udaka is a new, post-war city where corruption has already taken hold. A persistent district attorney wants to arrest and convict Katsumata, a laughing, self-confident thug.

Rusty Knife (1958) is a crime thriller film directed by Toshio Masuda. The film is filed under daughter, district attorney, japanese noir, and ward.

Yūjirō Ishihara stars as Yukihiko Tachibana, Mie Kitahara as Keiko Nishida, Shōji Yasui as Prosecutor Karita, and Joe Shishido as Shimabara. Released in March 1958, it runs 90 minutes.

The screenplay is by Shintarō Ishihara and Toshio Masuda. In the United States it streams on Criterion Channel.