- HD 1080
- Runtime: 101m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: ja
- Country: Japan
- Director: Kihachi Okamoto
- Stars: Koji Tsuruta, Seizaburō Kawazu, Akira Takarada, Mitsuko Kusabue, Keiko Yanagawa
- keywords: 暗黑街的颜役
- Production_studio: TOHO
- The The Big Boss is featured in the top rankings of 1959
- #19 in Top Crime Movies of 1959
Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life, hoping to become a successful singer instead. Ryuta loves his brother, but Mineo's possible defection presents problems for the gang, and Ryuta realizes he must kill his brother if he wants to survive.