
Big Shots Die at Dawn
Visit website6.2/10 • 4
1961-04-09 • 1h 37m
An early Okamoto yakuza film, though it's not in the Underworld series (along with The Last Gunfight and The Big Boss) despite being alternatively known as "Death of the Boss." While Okamoto did not write this film and took on the project because he was assigned and "just doing [his] job" according to an interview with Chris Desjardins in Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film, he did express a general excitement about working in action cinema (which shows through in this film's energy.)
- Directors
- Kihachi Okamoto
- Editors
- Yoshitami Kuroiwa

Big Shots Die at Dawn
Visit website1961-04-09 • 1h 37m
6.2/10 • 4
An early Okamoto yakuza film, though it's not in the Underworld series (along with The Last Gunfight and The Big Boss) despite being alternatively known as "Death of the Boss." While Okamoto did not write this film and took on the project because he was assigned and "just doing [his] job" according to an interview with Chris Desjardins in Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film, he did express a general excitement about working in action cinema (which shows through in this film's energy.)
- Directors
- Kihachi Okamoto
- Editors
- Yoshitami Kuroiwa
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsYūzō Kayama
Jiro
Kumi Mizuno
Mickey Curtis
Akihiko Hirata
Jun Tazaki
Tadao Nakamaru
Ichirō Nakatani
Yukiko Shimazaki
Eijirō Yanagi
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- Japanese
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- Keywords
- yakuza