is a 1958 black-and-white action Japanese film directed by Toshio Masuda. ''Red Quay'' was one of the many successful collaborations between director Toshio Masuda and actor Yujiro Ishihara which defined the Nikkatsu

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genre.

Plot

Tominaga Jiro, who slaughtered five

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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.

Cast

* Yujiro Ishihara : Tominaga Jiro *

Mie Kitahara is a Japanese actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1952 and 1960. She is best known for co-starring in a series of films with Yujiro Ishihara, one of postwar Japan's most famous stars, starting with ''Crazed Fruit'' in 1956. They ...

: Sugita Keiko *

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: Tabō * Sanae Nakahara : Mammy * Shirō Ōsaka : Noro * Jun Miyazaki : Sugita *

Hideaki Nitani was a Japanese actor. Career Born in Kyoto Prefecture, Nitani attended Doshisha University but quit before graduating. He first worked as an announcer at Nagasaki Broadcasting Company, but in 1956 made his debut as an actor at Nikkatsu. Gaining ...

: Katsumata

Release

''Red Quay'' was released on 23 September 1958.

References

External links

* Japanese black-and-white films 1958 films Films directed by Toshio Masuda Nikkatsu films 1950s Japanese films {{1950s-Japan-film-stub