Afraid to Die explained

Afraid to Die
Director:	Yasuzo Masumura
Producer:	Masaichi Nagata Hiroaki Fujii (planner)
Starring:	Yukio Mishima Ayako Wakao Keizo Kawasaki
Music:	Tetsuo Tsukahara
Cinematography:	Hiroshi Murai
Editing:	Tatsuji Nakashizu
Distributor:	Daiei Film Fantoma
Runtime:	96 minutes
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

is a 1960 Japanese yakuza film directed by Yasuzo Masumura and starring Yukio Mishima.

Cast

• Yukio Mishima – Takeo Asahina
• Ayako Wakao – Yoshie Koizumi
• Keizo Kawasaki – Shoichi Koizumi
• Eiji Funakoshi – Susumu Aikawa
• Takashi Shimura – Gohei Hirayama
• Yaeko Mizutani – Masako Katori
• Michiko Ono – Ayako Takatsu

Theme song

"Karakkaze Yarō" (released by King Records on March 20, 1960, in Japan)^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Lyrics and vocals: Yukio Mishima

Music and guitar: Shichirō Fukazawa

Arrangement: Koji Eguchi

The soundtrack is now on CD.^[2]

External links

• • Japanese movie database からっ風野郎

Notes and References

1. Book: Sato . Hideaki . Inoue . Takashi . ja:決定版 三島由紀夫全集・第42巻・年譜・書誌. Final edition-Yukio Mishima complete works No.42-Biographical sketch and Bibliography. 2005. Shinchosha. ja. 891.
2. Book: Sato . Hideaki . Inoue . Takashi . 決定版 三島由紀夫全集・第41巻・音声 CD, Disc No.5. Final edition-Yukio Mishima complete works No.41- Voice CD, Disc No.5. 2004. Shinchosha. ja.
3. Book: Mishima, Yukio . Yamauchi. Yukito. Hiraoka. Iichiro. Fujii. Hiroaki. ja:三島由紀夫映画論集成. Collection of Yukio Mishima's Movie theory. 1999. Waizu Shuppan. ja. 307.
4. Book: Sato, Hideaki . ja:日本の作家100人 人と文学 – 三島由紀夫. 100 Japanese authors – Person and Literature – Yukio Mishima. 2006. Bensei Shuppan. ja. 112.