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Red Quay

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Red Quay
Directed byToshio Masuda
Screenplay by
Produced byTakiko Mizunoe[1]
Starring
CinematographyShinsaku Himeda[1]
Edited byTsuji Masanori[1]
Music byHajime Kaburagi[1]
Release date
  • 23 September 1958 (1958-09-23)
CountryJapan

Red Quay (赤い波止場, Akai hatoba) is a 1958 black-and-white action Japanese film directed by Toshio Masuda.[2]

Red Quay was one of the many successful collaborations between director Toshio Masuda and actor Yujiro Ishihara which defined the Nikkatsu action film genre.[3]

Plot

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Tominaga Jiro, who slaughtered five yakuza in Tokyo and now he is staying at the Matsuyama group in Kobe. Tominaga accidentally witnesses the scene where a restaurant owner Sugita is killed due to the trouble of drug trading at Kobe Port.[4]

Cast

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Release

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Red Quay was released on 23 September 1958.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Red Pier". Nikkatsu Diamond Guys Volume 1 (Booklet). Arrow Video. 2015. p. 15. FCD1200/AV037.
  2. ^ "赤い波止場". kotobank. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  3. ^ 日活アクションの華麗な世界:1954-1971 第二章 ヒーロー像の定着-興隆期の様相 p.32-50 7.日活版「望郷」のロマネスク-「赤い波止場」 ISBN 4624710878
  4. ^ "赤い波止場". Nikkatsu. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
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