is a 1958 Japanese action film directed by Toshio Masuda. Rusty Knife was part of the Nikkatsu film studio's wave of Japanese noir films, made in order to compete with popular American and French films at the Japanese box office. The film became more widely available outside Japan when Janus Films released a special set of Nikkatsu noir films on DVD, as part of The Criterion Collection. The other films in the set are A Colt Is My Passport, Take Aim at the Police Van, Cruel Gun Story, and I Am Waiting.
Plot Yukihiko Tachibana is an ex-convict trying to begin a new life after he is released from prison. Unable to forget the rape and consequent suicide of his girlfriend, he seeks revenge against a crime syndicate while resisting the urge to kill again. Meanwhile, the district attorney Karita and his men try to build a case against the same syndicate.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 5復讐の後に広がる孤独感-「俺は待ってるぜ」「錆びたナイフ」
Cast Yujiro Ishihara as Yukihiko Tachibana Mie Kitahara as Keiko Nishida Shoji Yasui as Karita Mari Shiraki as Yuri Joe Shishido as Shimabara Akira Kobayashi as Makoto Terada Masao Shimizu as Shingo Mano Noaki Sugiura as Seiji Katsumata Toshio Takahara as Takaishi
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