Big Shots Die at Dawn
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.)
Top Billed Cast
Featured Crew
Kihachi Okamoto
Director
Yoshitami Kuroiwa
Editor
Yukio Ota
Director of Photography
Sei Ikeno
Original Music Composer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Executive Producer
Reiji Miwa
Executive Producer
Shinobu Muraki
Art Direction
Shin Watarai
Sound Recordist
Masanobu Miyazaki
Sound Recordist
Eiji Yamaguchi
Lighting Technician
Haruhiko Oyabu
Original Story
Ichirō Ikeda
Screenplay