Film

Lead Tombstone

1964 · 1h 26m · Crime · Thriller

IMDb

5.5

LEAD TOMBSTONE tracks the progress of a young sociopathic rake who had, immediately post-WW2, rescued his country farmer mother from rape by stabbing the offending American soldier in the back with a pitchfork. Once grown, the boy continues his violent life as a hoodlum on the run, repaying an outlaw couple who have sheltered him by raping the wife, then, at his boss’s behest, murdering the husband. He’s also not above strangling a girl in her bathtub for kicks. The one spot of normalcy in his life is his shop girl girlfriend, an innocent who, once she discovers his other life, confronts his boss… (from OUTLAW MASTERS OF JAPANESE CINEMA by Chris D)

Masayoshi Nogami

Kahoru Tashiro

Sanzo Akaozeki

Masao Oda

Yōko Mifune

Shin Nanaoka

Mikio Terashima

Yoko Tsukiji

• Kōji WakamatsuDirector
• Michio YoshiokaScreenplay
• Keiko SatôExecutive Producer
• Hideo ItōDirector of Photography
• Jiro TakemuraOriginal Music Composer
• Fumio MiyataEditor

Release date

September 1, 1964

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 26m

Genres

Crime, Thriller