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The Pledge
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The Pledge

Jul 30, 1972
1h 43m
★ 5.0

Overview

When Omuro Yahachi of the Omuro family is selected as Mutsumikai Soke's successor, the conflict between the Kitakyushu and Wakamatsu begins.

Genres

Drama
Crime

Production Companies

Toei Company

Cast

Koji Tsuruta

Koji Tsuruta

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Bunta Sugawara

Bunta Sugawara

Yūko Hamada

Yūko Hamada

Hiroki Matsukata

Hiroki Matsukata

Junko Matsudaira

Junko Matsudaira

Gorō Ibuki

Gorō Ibuki

Tatsuo Endō

Tatsuo Endō

Akira Shioji

Akira Shioji

Ryūtarō Tatsumi

Ryūtarō Tatsumi

Ryūko Azuma

Ryūko Azuma

Nobuo Kaneko

Nobuo Kaneko

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