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Director
  
Yasuzo Masumura

Prequel
  
A Womans Testament

Duration
  

Country
  
Japan

6.8/10
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Genre
  
Crime, Drama

Sequel
  
A False Student

Language
  
Japanese

Afraid to Die movie poster

Writer
  
Hideo Ando
,
Ryuzo Kikushima

Release date
  
23 March 1960 (1960-03-23)

Cast
  
Yukio Mishima
(Takeo Asahina),
Ayako Wakao
(Yoshie Koizumi),
Keizô Kawasaki
(Shoichi Koizumi),
Eiji Funakoshi
(Susumu Aikawa),
Takashi Shimura
(Gohei Hirayama),
Yaeko Mizutani
(Masako Katori)

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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Afraid to Die (からっ風野郎, Karakkaze Yarō) is a 1960 Japanese yakuza film directed by Yasuzo Masumura and starring Yukio Mishima.

Contents

Why are we so afraid to die


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)

    Lyrics and vocals: Yukio Mishima Music and guitar: Shichirō Fukazawa Arrangement: Koji Eguchi

    This sound source is put on CD now.

    References

    Afraid to Die Wikipedia
    Afraid to Die IMDb Afraid to Die themoviedb.org