Afraid to Die
{{short description|1960 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Afraid to Die
| image =
| caption =
| director = Yasuzo Masumura
| producer = Masaichi Nagata
Hiroaki Fujii (planner)
| writer = Hideo Ando
Ryūzō Kikushima
| narrator =
| starring = Yukio Mishima
Ayako Wakao
Keizo Kawasaki
| music = Tetsuo Tsukahara
| cinematography = Hiroshi Murai
| editing = Tatsuji Nakashizu
| distributor = Daiei Film
Fantoma
| released = {{film date|1960|3|23|df=yes}}
| runtime = 96 minutes
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
| budget =
}}
{{nihongo|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){{cite book|last1= Sato |first1= Hideaki |last2= Inoue |first2= Takashi |script-title=ja:決定版 三島由紀夫全集・第42巻・年譜・書誌|trans-title=Final edition-Yukio Mishima complete works No.42-Biographical sketch and Bibliography|year= 2005| publisher= Shinchosha| language= ja|page= 891}}{{cite book|last1= Sato |first1= Hideaki |last2= Inoue |first2= Takashi |title= 決定版 三島由紀夫全集・第41巻・音声 CD, Disc No.5|trans-title=Final edition-Yukio Mishima complete works No.41- Voice CD, Disc No.5|year= 2004| publisher= Shinchosha| language= ja}}{{cite book|last= Mishima |first= Yukio |editor1-last= Yamauchi|editor1-first=Yukito|editor2-last= Hiraoka|editor2-first=Iichiro|editor3-last= Fujii|editor3-first=Hiroaki|script-title=ja:三島由紀夫映画論集成|trans-title=Collection of Yukio Mishima's Movie theory|year= 1999|publisher= Waizu Shuppan| language= ja|page= 307}}{{cite book|last= Sato |first= Hideaki |script-title=ja:日本の作家100人 人と文学 – 三島由紀夫|trans-title=100 Japanese authors – Person and Literature – Yukio Mishima|year= 2006| publisher= Bensei Shuppan| language= ja|page= 112}}
:Lyrics and vocals: Yukio Mishima
:Music and guitar: Shichirō Fukazawa
:Arrangement: Koji Eguchi
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0140307}}
- [http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1960/cj001400.htm Japanese movie database からっ風野郎]
{{Yasuzo Masumura}}
Category:Japanese crime drama films
Category:1960 crime drama films
Category:Films directed by Yasuzo Masumura
Category:1960s Japanese-language films
Category:Japanese-language crime drama films
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