Light The Explosives (1959)
1959 · 1h 33m · Action, Drama
Genres: Action, Drama
Three young men face off against corrupt officials and Yakuza in order to complete a reclamation project of the coastal embankment, who try to derail the project every step of the way until a tsunami hits, putting everyone in danger.
Director: Koreyoshi Kurahara
Writers: Ichirō Ikeda, Keiichi Abe
Music by: Taichiro Kosugi
Cinematography: Kazumi Iwasa
Cast
Akira Kobayashi as Chūji Nakanishi (President of the Nakanishi-gumi construction company)Mari Shiraki as Chikako Shiga (Photographer)Masumi Okada as Jirō Sugi (Civil engineer for Nakanishi-gumi)Kō Nishimura as Sakamaki (Trade journal reporter)Kenjiro Uemura as Gorō Hasegawa (Fūtarō)Hiroshi Kondō as Tomioka (Technical official, Kanagawa Prefectural Port Division)Shinsuke Ashida as Takamitsu Sesato (President of Teikoku Kin'yū)Shōji Yasui as Susumu Suda (Fūtarō, a former doctor)Yasukiyo Umeno as Tatsuhiko Ōe (Nakanishi-gumi accountant; nicknamed "Shibuchin")Shin Date as Sōichirō Shiga (Branch manager at Kanagawa Bank; Chikako's father)Hiroshi Hijikata as Kyūsaku Gonda (Fūtarō)Sanpei Mine as Kanji (Kitchen Staff, Nakanishi-gumi)More like this
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