Black Lizard
Directed by	Kinji Fukasaku
Produced by	Akira Oda
Music by	Isao Tomita
Cinematography	Hiroshi Dowaki
Editing by	Keiichi Uraoka
Release date(s)	1968
Running time	86 minutes

Black Lizard (Kurotokage) is a 1968 Japanese yakuza film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. Kinji Fukasaku (深作欣二 Fukasaku Kinji) (3 July 1930 – 12 January 2003) was a Japanese film actor, writer and director. ... Isao Tomita (冨田 勲; Tomita Isao, born April 22, 1932), is a renowned electronic music composer. ... The Yakuza are a popular subject in films Yakuza are a popular subject in Japanese cinema. ... Kinji Fukasaku (深作欣二 Fukasaku Kinji) (3 July 1930 – 12 January 2003) was a Japanese film actor, writer and director. ...

Cast

• Akihiro Miwa as Black Lizard
• Isao Kimura as Detective Akechi
• Kikko Matsuoka as Sanaye
• Junya Usami as Shobei Iwasa
• Yusuke Kawazu as Junichi Amamiya
• Kô Nishimura as Private Detective Keiji Matoba
• Toshiko Kobayashi as Hina
• Sonosuke Oda as Harada
• Kinji Hattori as Toyama
• Koichi Sato as Ohkawa
• Jun Kato as Sakai
• Ryuji Funakoshi as Kozu
• Mitsuko Takara as Show Dancer
• Tetsuro Tamba
• Yukio Mishima as Human statue

Miwa Akihiro in 2006 Akihiro Miwa ), (May 15, 1935 - ) is a Japanese singer, actor, and theatre director from Nagasaki in Nagasaki Prefecture. ... Isao Kimura (木村 功 Kimura Isao, 22 June 1923 - 4 July 1981), also known as Ko Kimura, was a Japanese actor who appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawas Seven Samurai (as the young samurai Katsushiro) and Stray Dog (as Yusa the criminal). ... Kikko Matsuoka (Matsuoka Kikko) is a Japanese actor. ... Koichi Sato , born 10 December 1960) is a Japanese actor. ... Tetsuro Tamba in You Only Live Twice. ... Yukio Mishima Yukio Mishima ) was the public name of Kimitake Hiraoka , January 14, 1925—November 25, 1970), a Japanese author and playwright, famous for both his highly notable nihilistic post-war writings and the circumstances of his ritual suicide by seppuku. ...

Other credits

• Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
  • Rampo Edogawa: novel
  • Yukio Mishima: stage adaptation
  • Masashige Narusawa
• Art Direction: Kyohei Morita
• Set Decoration by: Keinosuke Ishiwatari
• Costume Design by: Masako Watanabe
• Production Manager: Tatsuo Hagiwara
• Assistant Director: Hideo Oe
• Sound Department
  • Hirobumi Sato .... sound effects editor
  • Toshio Tanaka .... sound
• Other crew
  • Helen Milsted Eisenman .... subtitles editor (1985 re-release)
  • René Fuentes-Chao .... presenter (English subtitled version)
  • John R. Tilley .... presenter (English subtitled version)