Red Quay Explained

Red Quay
Director:	Toshio Masuda
Producer:	Takiko Mizunoe
Screenplay:	Ichiro Ikeda Toshio Masuda^[1]
Starring:	Yujiro Ishihara Mie Kitahara Yukiko Todoroki Shiro Osaka
Music:	Hajime Kaburagi
Cinematography:	Shinsaku Himeda
Editing:	Tsuji Masanori
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Country:	Japan

is a 1958 black-and-white action Japanese film directed by Toshio Masuda.^[2]

Red Quay was one of the many successful collaborations between director Toshio Masuda and actor Yujiro Ishihara which defined the Nikkatsu action film genre.^[3]

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.^[4]

Cast

• Yujiro Ishihara : Tominaga Jiro
• Mie Kitahara : Sugita Keiko
• Masumi Okada : Tabō
• Sanae Nakahara : Mammy
• Shirō Ōsaka : Noro
• Jun Miyazaki : Sugita
• Hideaki Nitani : Katsumata

Release

Red Quay was released on 23 September 1958.

Notes and References

1. Nikkatsu Diamond Guys Volume 1.. 2015. Red Pier. 15. Booklet. Arrow Video. FCD1200/AV037.
2. Web site: 赤い波止場 . kotobank. 2 November 2019.
3. 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」
4. Web site: 赤い波止場 . Nikkatsu. 5 March 2019.