Big Shots Die at Dawn
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64% Critic Match

Big Shots Die at Dawn

6.4 / 10 1961 1h 37mNR Japanese
CrimeAction

Storyline

Grown up son arrives home to learn his father, the newly elected mayor, has been assassinated. So he journeys down a path to find the assassin and gets involved with two opposing yakuza gangs.

Cast & Crew

Yūzō Kayama

Yūzō Kayama

Jiro

Lead
Kumi Mizuno

Kumi Mizuno

Mickey Curtis

Mickey Curtis

Akihiko Hirata

Akihiko Hirata

Jun Tazaki

Jun Tazaki

Tadao Nakamaru

Tadao Nakamaru

Ichirō Nakatani

Ichirō Nakatani

Yukiko Shimazaki

Yukiko Shimazaki

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Kihachi Okamoto's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Big Shots Die at Dawn is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker