Afraid to Die

Afraid to Die
Afraid to Die
Directed by	Yasuzo Masumura
Written by	; Ryūzō Kikushima
Produced by	Masaichi Nagata; (planner)
Starring	Yukio Mishima; Ayako Wakao;
Cinematography
Edited by
Music by
Distributed by	Daiei Film; Fantoma
Release date	23 March 1960;
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Afraid to Die (からっ風野郎, Karakkaze Yarō, A Man Blown by the Wind) is a 1960 Japanese yakuza film directed by Yasuzo Masumura and starring Yukio Mishima.

Cast[]

Yukio Mishima – Takeo Asahina
Ayako Wakao – Yoshie Koizumi
– Shoichi Koizumi
Eiji Funakoshi – Susumu Aikawa
Takashi Shimura – Gohei Hirayama
– Masako Katori
– Ayako Takatsu

Theme song[]

"Karakkaze Yarō" (released by King Records on March 20, 1960, in Japan)^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Lyrics and vocals: Yukio Mishima

Music and guitar: Shichirō Fukazawa

Arrangement: Koji Eguchi

The soundtrack is now on CD.^[2]

References[]

^ Sato, Hideaki; Inoue, Takashi (2005). 決定版三島由紀夫全集・第42巻・年譜・書誌 [Final edition-Yukio Mishima complete works No.42-Biographical sketch and Bibliography] (in Japanese). Shinchosha. p. 891.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Sato, Hideaki; Inoue, Takashi (2004). 決定版三島由紀夫全集・第41巻・音声 CD, Disc No.5 [Final edition-Yukio Mishima complete works No.41- Voice CD, Disc No.5] (in Japanese). Shinchosha.
^ Mishima, Yukio (1999). Yamauchi, Yukito; Hiraoka, Iichiro; Fujii, Hiroaki (eds.). 三島由紀夫映画論集成 [Collection of Yukio Mishima's Movie theory] (in Japanese). Waizu Shuppan. p. 307.
^ Sato, Hideaki (2006). 日本の作家100人人と文学 – 三島由紀夫 [100 Japanese authors – Person and Literature – Yukio Mishima] (in Japanese). Bensei Shuppan. p. 112.

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[1] Sato, Hideaki; Inoue, Takashi (2005). 決定版三島由紀夫全集・第42巻・年譜・書誌 [Final edition-Yukio Mishima complete works No.42-Biographical sketch and Bibliography] (in Japanese). Shinchosha. p. 891.

[cd-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Sato, Hideaki; Inoue, Takashi (2004). 決定版三島由紀夫全集・第41巻・音声 CD, Disc No.5 [Final edition-Yukio Mishima complete works No.41- Voice CD, Disc No.5] (in Japanese). Shinchosha.

[3] Mishima, Yukio (1999). Yamauchi, Yukito; Hiraoka, Iichiro; Fujii, Hiroaki (eds.). 三島由紀夫映画論集成 [Collection of Yukio Mishima's Movie theory] (in Japanese). Waizu Shuppan. p. 307.

[4] Sato, Hideaki (2006). 日本の作家100人人と文学 – 三島由紀夫 [100 Japanese authors – Person and Literature – Yukio Mishima] (in Japanese). Bensei Shuppan. p. 112.

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