Big Shots Die at Dawn
1961 · 97 MIN · IMDB 6.2 · 71 VOTES · DIR. Kihachi Okamoto
Overview
An early Okamoto yakuza film, though it's not in the Underworld series (along with The Last Gunfight and The Big Boss) despite being alternatively known as "Death of the Boss." While Okamoto did not write this film and took on the project because he was assigned and "just doing [his] job" according to an interview with Chris Desjardins in Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film, he did express a general excitement about working in action cinema (which shows through in this film's energy.)
Dialogue Timeline — 1,068 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:40 Congratulations, Mayor Saeki
00:08:08 The doctor says I should take it easy.
00:11:39 Your father assumed you were dead.
00:13:52 You read this kind of hogwash in cheap mystery paperbacks.
00:16:09 But since I became mayor, this city has become a den for yakuza.
00:19:42 The word is that he’s back from Alaska.
00:24:01 Yes, it’s all right.
00:27:10 What you don’t know could fill a book.
00:29:53 they couldn’t have been anywhere but on a wall.
00:33:19 I can’t say anything to make her come home.
00:37:01 You didn’t think to tell this
00:40:47 I don’t think he’ll sit quietly in a cell.
00:46:07 Oh, god! Help!
00:51:12 Not Jiro. Goto.
00:57:59 Where did you get this?
01:00:29 Go tender your resignation.
01:03:54 Well, I thought I should finally listen to the doctor
01:07:22 Anyway, once Captain Hosoki comes to, he’ll clear my name.
01:11:39 He’s a dirty cop on the Goto gang’s payroll.
01:15:27 Need a match?
01:18:48 We want money. And I know what you want.
01:25:07 Mr. Goto!
01:31:56 Don’t worry about that. Come here.
10:00:00 it’d be a real blessing.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,068
Dialogue density11.0 lines / min
First line00:01:40
Final line10:00:00
Production Record
DirectorKihachi Okamoto
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes71