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Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers
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Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers

Nov 20, 1969
1h 32m
★ 0.0

Overview

An honorable yakuza syndicate deeply rooted in Kyoto fights for survival when a new breed of gangsters threaten their very existence.

Genres

Crime
Drama

Production Companies

Toei Company

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Cast

Koji Tsuruta

Koji Tsuruta

Fumio Watanabe

Fumio Watanabe

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Hitomi Nozoe

Hitomi Nozoe

Sanae Kitabayashi

Sanae Kitabayashi

Asao Uchida

Asao Uchida

Tatsuo Endō

Tatsuo Endō

Kei Taguchi

Kei Taguchi

Tetsuya Yamaoka

Tetsuya Yamaoka

Ichirō Sugai

Ichirō Sugai

Hideo Murota

Hideo Murota

Kōji Fujiyama

Kōji Fujiyama