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.)
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Big Shots Die at Dawn Cast
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Akihiko Hirata
He was 33, 56 years old when he died
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Hisashi Igawa
He was 24, now 88 years old
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Kumi Mizuno
She was 24, now 88 years old
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Kunie Tanaka
He was 28, now 92 years old
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Sachio Sakai
He was 35, 72 years old when he died
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Ichirô Nakatani
He was 30, 73 years old when he died
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Jun Tazaki
He was 47, 72 years old when he died
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Yukiko Shimazaki
She was 30, 82 years old when she died
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Eijirô Yanagi
He was 65, 88 years old when he died
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Senkichi Ômura
He was 38, 69 years old when he died
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Hideo Sunazuka
He was 28, now 92 years old
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Yūzō Kayama
He was 24, now 88 years old
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as Jiro |
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Mickey Curtis
He was 22, now 86 years old
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Ren Yamamoto
He was 36, 8 years old when he died
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Fuyuki Murakami
He was 49, 95 years old when he died
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Tadao Nakamaru
He was 28, 76 years old when he died
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Big Shots Die at Dawn Crew
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Department |
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Tomoyuki Tanaka as Executive Producer. He was 50 (86) years old when He died
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Production |
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Kihachi Okamoto as Director. He was 37 (81) years old when He died
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Directing |
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Ichirô Ikeda as Screenplay. |
Writing |
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Yoshitami Kuroiwa as Editor. He was 11 (62) years old when He died
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Editing |
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Haruhiko Oyabu as Original Story. He was 26 (61) years old when He died
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Writing |
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Ei Ogawa as Screenplay. She was 31 (64) years old when She died
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Writing |
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Sei Ikeno as Original Music Composer. He was 30 (73) years old when He died
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Sound |
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Reiji Miwa as Executive Producer. |
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