Matsukichi, a worker at a fish market, tries to settle the business between the two competitors on his turf.
Direction
Suzuki's kinetic fish-market carnage before he went full exploitation
Acting
Kitajima's transformation from schlub to steel
Production
Tsukiji market location shooting — you can smell the ice and blood
Director
Norifumi Suzuki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Saburo Kitajima was primarily an enka singer; this was his dramatic breakout, and he reportedly did his own fish-gutting scenes.
The film captures pre-sanitation Tsukiji Market, years before it became a tourist destination — these locations no longer exist.
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