Killers on Parade

Feb 19, 1961

1h 22m

★ 6.2

Overview

A vengeful contractor hires a series of young killers to target a woman muckraker. Trouble brews when an amateur marksman shows up his eclectic competition.

Genres

Crime

Comedy

Action

Production Companies

Shochiku

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Cast

Haruhiko Ishida

Yūsuke Kawazu

Mana Arisaka

Shima Iwashita

Nagisa

Kayoko Honoo

Football

Fumio Watanabe

Kazuya Kosaka

Kōji Mitsui

Hong Kong

Keijirō Morozumi

Ryōhei Uchida

Doctor

Hiroshi Mizushima

Senti

Masaaki Hirao

Mizuta

Ichirō Sugai

Yumi Hanamura

Yūko Kashiwagi

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