The Big Boss

6.3
  • Genre: Crime
  • Run time: 101 min
  • Premiere: 1959. January 15.

Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life, hoping to become a successful singer instead. Ryuta loves his brother, but Mineo's possible defection presents problems for the gang, and Ryuta realizes he must kill his brother if he wants to survive.

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Art

Iwao Akune

Art Direction

Camera

Asakazu Nakai

Director of Photography

Crew

Hisashi Shimonaga

Sound Recordist

Norio Tone

Sound Recordist

Directing

Susumu Takebayashi

Assistant Director

Editing

Lighting

Shigeru Mori

Lighting Technician

Production

Tomoyuki Tanaka

Executive Producer

Sound

Akira Ifukube

Original Music Composer

Writing

Shinichi Sekizawa

Screenplay

Art

Iwao Akune

Art Direction

Camera

Asakazu Nakai

Director of Photography

Crew

Hisashi Shimonaga

Sound Recordist

Norio Tone

Sound Recordist

Directing

Susumu Takebayashi

Assistant Director

Editing

Lighting

Shigeru Mori

Lighting Technician

Production

Tomoyuki Tanaka

Executive Producer

Sound

Akira Ifukube

Original Music Composer

Writing

Shinichi Sekizawa

Screenplay