Storyline
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. The D.A. gets an anonymous letter about the suicide five years' before of a city council member. Evidence about the case leads the D.A. to Tachibana, struggling to go straight after involvement with the mob and a prison sentence for killing the man responsible for the rape and suicide of his fiancée. One of Tachibana's friends is Keiko, the daughter of the dead councilman and the ward of another powerful official. How do these stories connect?
Cast & Crew
Yūjirō Ishihara
Yukihiko Tachibana
Lead
Mie Kitahara
Keiko Nishida
Shōji Yasui
Prosecutor Karita
Joe Shishido
Shimabara
Akira Kobayashi
Makoto Terada
Masao Shimizu
Shingo Mano
Naoki Sugiura
Seiji Katsumata
Toshio Takahara
Takaishi
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Toshio Masuda's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Rusty Knife is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
