Red Quay

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

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

Red Quay was one of the many successful collaborations between director Toshio Masuda and actor Yujiro Ishihara which defined the Nikkatsu action film genre.[2]

Plot

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.[3]

Cast

Release

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

References

  1. "Red Pier". Nikkatsu Diamond Guys Volume 1 (Booklet). Arrow Video. 2015. p. 15. FCD1200/AV037.
  2. 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
  3. "赤い波止場". NIkkatsu. Retrieved 5 March 2019.


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