# Rusty Knife

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{{Infobox film
| name           = Rusty Knife
| image          = File:Rusty Knife poster.jpg
| caption        = Japanese movie poster
| director       = [Toshio Masuda](/source/Toshio_Masuda_(director))
| producer       = [Takiko Mizunoe](/source/Takiko_Mizunoe)
| writer         = Shintaro Ishihara
| starring       = [Yujiro Ishihara](/source/Yujiro_Ishihara)
| music          = [Masaru Sato](/source/Masaru_Sato)
| cinematography = Kurataro Takamura
| editing        = Masanori Tsujii
| studio         = [Nikkatsu](/source/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](/source/Cinema_of_Japan) [action film](/source/action_film) directed by [Toshio Masuda](/source/Toshio_Masuda_(director)).<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](/source/Film_noir), 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](/source/Janus_Films) released a special set of Nikkatsu ''noir'' films on DVD, as part of [The Criterion Collection](/source/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](/source/A_Colt_Is_My_Passport)'', ''[Take Aim at the Police Van](/source/Take_Aim_at_the_Police_Van)'', ''[Cruel Gun Story](/source/Cruel_Gun_Story)'', and ''[I Am Waiting](/source/I_Am_Waiting_(film))''.

==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 Junpo](/source/Kinema_Junpo)sha|access-date=2 November 2019}}</ref>

== Cast ==
* [Yujiro Ishihara](/source/Yujiro_Ishihara) as Yukihiko Tachibana
* [Mie Kitahara](/source/Mie_Kitahara) as Keiko Nishida
* Shoji Yasui as Karita
* [Mari Shiraki](/source/Mari_Shiraki) as Yuri
* [Joe Shishido](/source/Joe_Shishido) as Shimabara
* [Akira Kobayashi](/source/Akira_Kobayashi) as Makoto Terada
* [Masao Shimizu](/source/Masao_Shimizu) as Shingo Mano
* Noaki Sugiura as Seiji Katsumata
* [Toshio Takahara](/source/Toshio_Takahara) as Takaishi

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=0360946|title=Rusty Knife}}

{{Toshio Masuda}}

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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