{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox film | name = Rusty Knife | image = File:Rusty Knife poster.jpg | caption = Japanese movie poster | director = Toshio Masuda | producer = Takiko Mizunoe | writer = Shintaro Ishihara | starring = Yujiro Ishihara | music = Masaru Sato | cinematography = Kurataro Takamura | editing = Masanori Tsujii | studio = Nikkatsu | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1958|03|11|Japan|ref1=<ref>{{in lang|ja}} http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1958/ch001080.htm accessed 15 January 2009</ref>}} | runtime = 90 minutes | country = Japan | language = Japanese | budget = }} {{nihongo|'''''Rusty Knife'''''|錆びたナイフ|Sabita naifu|lead=yes}} is a 1958 Japanese action film directed by Toshio Masuda.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%8C%86%E3%81%B3%E3%81%9F%E3%83%8A%E3%82%A4%E3%83%95-688808|title=錆びたナイフとは|website=kotobank|access-date=16 January 2021}}</ref> ''Rusty Knife'' was part of the Nikkatsu film studio's wave of Japanese ''noir'' films, made in order to compete with popular American and French films at the Japanese box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://criterioncast.com/column/a-journey-through-the-eclipse-series/a-journey-through-the-eclipse-series-toshio-masudas-rusty-knife|title=A Journey Through The Eclipse Series: Toshio Masuda's Rusty Knife|first=David|last=Blakeslee|date=25 October 2010|website=CriterionCast|access-date=28 August 2017}}</ref> The film became more widely available outside Japan when Janus Films released a special set of Nikkatsu ''noir'' films on DVD, as part of The Criterion Collection.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/655-eclipse-series-17-nikkatsu-noir|title=Eclipse Series 17: Nikkatsu Noir|website=The Criterion Collection|access-date=28 August 2017}}</ref> The other films in the set are ''A Colt Is My Passport'', ''Take Aim at the Police Van'', ''Cruel Gun Story'', and ''I Am Waiting''.
==Plot== Yukihiko Tachibana is an ex-convict trying to begin a new life after he is released from prison. Unable to forget the rape and consequent suicide of his girlfriend, he seeks revenge against a crime syndicate while resisting the urge to kill again. Meanwhile, the district attorney Karita and his men try to build a case against the same syndicate.<ref>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 5復讐の後に広がる孤独感-「俺は待ってるぜ」「錆びたナイフ」 {{ISBN|4624710878}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kinenote.com/main/public/cinema/detail.aspx?cinema_id=25673&key_search=%E9%8C%86%E3%81%B3%E3%81%9F%E3%83%8A%E3%82%A4%E3%83%95|title=錆びたナイフ|publisher=Kinema Junposha|access-date=2 November 2019}}</ref>
== Cast == * Yujiro Ishihara as Yukihiko Tachibana * Mie Kitahara as Keiko Nishida * Shoji Yasui as Karita * Mari Shiraki as Yuri * Joe Shishido as Shimabara * Akira Kobayashi as Makoto Terada * Masao Shimizu as Shingo Mano * Noaki Sugiura as Seiji Katsumata * Toshio Takahara as Takaishi
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== External links == * {{IMDb title|id=0360946|title=Rusty Knife}}
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Category:Japanese black-and-white films Category:1958 films Category:Films directed by Toshio Masuda Category:Nikkatsu films Category:1958 Japanese films Category:Japanese crime drama films Category:1958 crime drama films
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