Kaoyaku
Theatrical poster to Kaoyaku
Directed by	Teruo Ishii[1] (石井輝男)
Written by	Kazuo Kasahara (笠原和夫) Kinji Fukasaku Teruo Ishii
Music by	Masao Yagi (八木正生)
Cinematography	Ichirō Hoshijima (星島一郎)
Editing by	Osamu Tanaka (田中修)
Distributed by	Toei
Released	January 3, 1965
Running time	91 min.
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Kaoyaku (顔役, Kaoyaku) is a 1965 film directed by Teruo Ishii.^[1] Designed by Toei as their New Year release for 1965, problems arose when the assigned director, Kinji Fukasaku, left the project after an argument with screenwriter Kazuo Kasahara. Teruo Ishii filled in as director. Ken Takakura hums a melody in this film which he also sang in Ishii's next film, Abashiri Prison, released in April 1965.^[2]

CastEdit

• Kōji Tsuruta (鶴田浩二) ... 中神正治^[3]
• Ken Takakura (高倉健) ... 早見恭一
• Harumi Sone (曽根晴美) ... 安積徳三郎
• Kyōsuke Machida (待田京介) ... 染谷勇
• Shinshirō Ebara (江原真二郎) ... 宮田哲男
• Jōji Ai (アイ・ジョージ) ... 桑原次郎
• Yoshiko Sakuma (佐久間良子) ... 中神玲子
• Yoshiko Mita (三田佳子) ... 柏田真弓
• Sumiko Fuji (富司純子) ... 民子
• Hiroyuki Nagato (長門裕之) ... 秋田吾郎
• Takamaru Sasaki (佐々木孝丸) ... 島崎
• Tōru Abe (安部徹) ... 檜山義一
• Shigeru Amachi (天知茂) ... 花岡章
• Meichō Soganoya (曽我廼家明蝶) ... 小杉末造
• Minoru Ōki (大木実) ... 柏田弘
• Asao Uchida (内田朝雄) ... 山脇
• Jun'ya Usami (宇佐美淳也) ... 尾関
• Tatsuo Endō (遠藤辰雄) ... 甲田
• Takashi Kanda (神田隆) ... 吉川市長
• Fumitake Ōmura (大村文武) ... 殺し屋
• Kenji Ushio (潮健児) ... 武藤総長
• Akikane Sawa (沢彰謙) ... 中住一家総長

BibliographyEdit

• "Kaoyaku (1965)" at the Internet Movie Database
• Schilling, Mark (2003). The Yakuza Movie Book: A Guide to Japanese Gangster Films. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press. pp. 231-232. ISBN 1-880656-76-0.
• "顔役" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2011-02-27.
• "顔役" (in Japanese). Kinema Jumpo. Retrieved 2011-02-27.

NotesEdit

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "顔役" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2011-02-27.
2. ↑ Schilling, Mark (2003). The Yakuza Movie Book: A Guide to Japanese Gangster Films. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press. pp. 231-232. ISBN 1-880656-76-0.
3. ↑ "顔役" (in Japanese). Kinema Jumpo. Retrieved 2011-02-27.