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The Heartbreak Yakuza
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The Heartbreak Yakuza

Sep 12, 1987
1h 42m
★ 5.4

A modern fable depicted to an early American melody.

Overview

A hardened gangster encounters by chance a woman he hasn't seen since childhood. They are both engulfed in the underground world of intergang warfare.

Genres

Crime
Romance
Drama
Action

Production Companies

Burning Production
Shochiku-Fuji Company

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Cast

Hiromi Go

Hiromi Go

Mariko Ishihara

Mariko Ishihara

Akira Emoto

Akira Emoto

Koichi Sato

Koichi Sato

Kazuya Kimura

Kazuya Kimura

Daisuke Shima

Daisuke Shima

Rikiya Yasuoka

Rikiya Yasuoka

Yasuo Daichi

Yasuo Daichi

Yoshio Harada

Yoshio Harada

Tamio Kageyama

Tamio Kageyama

Yoneko Matsukane

Yoneko Matsukane

Chin Naitô

Chin Naitô