---
title: 'Rusty Knife (1958)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Toshio Masuda'
released: '1958-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/rusty-knife-1958'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0360946/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Rusty Knife (1958)

1958 · 90 min · Drama · Japan

Original title: 錆びたナイフ

## Synopsis

Rusty Knife  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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Toshio Masuda](https://cinepixo.com/people/toshio-masuda)
- **Screenplay:** [Shintarō Ishihara](https://cinepixo.com/people/shintaro-ishihara)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Masaru Sato](https://cinepixo.com/people/masaru-sato)
- **Producer:** [Takiko Mizunoe](https://cinepixo.com/people/takiko-mizunoe)

## Cast

- [Akira Kobayashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-kobayashi)
- [Joe Shishido](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-shishido)
- [Yūjirō Ishihara](https://cinepixo.com/people/yujiro-ishihara)
- [Masao Shimizu](https://cinepixo.com/people/masao-shimizu)
- [Mie Kitahara](https://cinepixo.com/people/mie-kitahara)

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