Two Punks

Dec 21, 1996

1h 31m

★ 5.3

Overview

Centering on a young drifter almost casually drawn into violence--a crime drama about a boy and a man equally ill-equipped for criminal life and straight society. Neither wants to be a Yakuza, but normal life presents problems.

Genres

Crime

Production Companies

Tsuburaya Entertainment

Taki Corporation

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Cast

Yoichi Fujikawa

Takao Osawa

Michio Umezawa

Dankan

Yuko Nagasaki

Reiko Kataoka

Miya

Chikako Aoyama

Masao

Susumu Terajima

Otani

Ryo Ishibashi

Tarō Suwa

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