Rusty Knife

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{{Infobox film

| name = Rusty Knife

| image =

| caption = Japanese movie poster

| director = Toshio Masuda

| producer = Nikkatsu, Takiko Mizunoe

| writer = Shintaro Ishihara

| starring = Yujiro Ishihara

| music = Masaru Sato

| cinematography = Kurataro Takamura

| editing = Masanori Tsujii

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|1958|03|11|ref1={{in lang|ja}} http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1958/ch001080.htm accessed 15 January 2009}}

| runtime = 90 minutes

| country = Japan

| language = Japanese

| budget =

}}

{{nihongo|Rusty Knife|錆びたナイフ|Sabita naifu}} is a 1958 action Japanese film directed by Toshio Masuda.{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%8C%86%E3%81%B3%E3%81%9F%E3%83%8A%E3%82%A4%E3%83%95-688808|title=錆びたナイフとは|website=kotobank|access-date=16 January 2021}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://criterioncast.com/column/a-journey-through-the-eclipse-series/a-journey-through-the-eclipse-series-toshio-masudas-rusty-knife|title=A Journey Through The Eclipse Series: Toshio Masuda's Rusty Knife|first=David|last=Blakeslee|date=25 October 2010|website=CriterionCast|access-date=28 August 2017}} The film became more widely available outside Japan only when Janus Films released a special set of Nikkatsu noir films on DVD, as part of the Criterion Collection.{{cite web|url=http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/655-eclipse-series-17-nikkatsu-noir|title=Eclipse Series 17: Nikkatsu Noir|website=The Criterion Collection|access-date=28 August 2017}} 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.