Afraid to Die
1960 film
- 23 March 1960 (1960-03-23)
Running time
Afraid to Die (からっ風野郎, Karakkaze Yarō, A Man Blown by the Wind) 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]
References
- ^ Sato, Hideaki; Inoue, Takashi (2005). 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] (in Japanese). Shinchosha. p. 891.
- ^ a b Sato, Hideaki; Inoue, Takashi (2004). 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] (in Japanese). Shinchosha.
- ^ Mishima, Yukio (1999). Yamauchi, Yukito; Hiraoka, Iichiro; Fujii, Hiroaki (eds.). 三島由紀夫映画論集成 [Collection of Yukio Mishima's Movie theory] (in Japanese). Waizu Shuppan. p. 307.
- ^ Sato, Hideaki (2006). 日本の作家100人 人と文学 – 三島由紀夫 [100 Japanese authors – Person and Literature – Yukio Mishima] (in Japanese). Bensei Shuppan. p. 112.
External links
- Afraid to Die at IMDb
- Japanese movie database からっ風野郎
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Films directed by Yasuzō Masumura
- Kisses (1957)
- Giants and Toys (1958)
- A Woman's Testament (1960)
- Afraid to Die (1960)
- A False Student (1960)
- A Wife Confesses (1961)
- Black Test Car (1962)
- Manji (1964)
- The Hoodlum Soldier (1965)
- Red Angel (movie) (1966)
- Blind Beast (1969)
- Hanzo the Razor:The Snare (1973)
- Lullaby of the Earth (1976)
- The Love Suicides at Sonezaki (1978)
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