Light The Explosives
1959, Japanese. Directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara.
Three young men face off against corrupt officials and Yakuza in order to complete a reclamation project of the coastal embankment, who try to derail the project every step of the way until a tsunami hits, putting everyone in danger.
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Koreyoshi KuraharaDirector
- Akira KobayashiChūji Nakanishi (President of the Nakanishi-gumi construction company)
- Mari ShirakiChikako Shiga (Photographer)
- Masumi OkadaJirō Sugi (Civil engineer for Nakanishi-gumi)
- Kō NishimuraSakamaki (Trade journal reporter)
- Kenjiro UemuraGorō Hasegawa (Fūtarō)
- Hiroshi KondōTomioka (Technical official, Kanagawa Prefectural Port Division)
- Shinsuke AshidaTakamitsu Sesato (President of Teikoku Kin'yū)
- Shōji YasuiSusumu Suda (Fūtarō, a former doctor)
- Yasukiyo UmenoTatsuhiko Ōe (Nakanishi-gumi accountant; nicknamed "Shibuchin")
- Shin DateSōichirō Shiga (Branch manager at Kanagawa Bank; Chikako's father)
- Hiroshi HijikataKyūsaku Gonda (Fūtarō)
- Sanpei MineKanji (Kitchen Staff, Nakanishi-gumi)
Details
- Released
- 5 July 1959
- Original title
- 爆薬に火をつけろ
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Ichirō Ikeda, Keiichi Abe
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Light The Explosives runs 93 minutes (1h 33m).
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Light The Explosives isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 5 July 1959. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Light The Explosives?
Light The Explosives (1959) was directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and stars Akira Kobayashi, Mari Shiraki, Masumi Okada.