Afraid to Die

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.

Afraid to Die
Directed by	Yasuzo Masumura
Written by	Hideo Ando Ryūzō Kikushima
Produced by	Masaichi Nagata Hiroaki Fujii (planner)
Starring	Yukio Mishima Ayako Wakao Keizo Kawasaki
Cinematography	Hiroshi Murai
Edited by	Tatsuji Nakashizu
Music by	Tetsuo Tsukahara
Distributed by	Daiei Film Fantoma
Release date	23 March 1960 (1960-03-23)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Cast

• Yukio Mishima – Takeo Asahina
• Ayako Wakao – Yoshie Koizumi
• Keizo Kawasaki – Shoichi Koizumi
• Eiji Funakoshi – Susumu Aikawa
• Takashi Shimura – Gohei Hirayama
• Yaeko Mizutani – Masako Katori
• Michiko Ono – 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]