Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps

May 24, 1975

1h 33m

★ 0.0

Overview

A violent upstart forms an alliance with the powerful Tensei-kai syndicate to fight on the front lines of an underworld war and take over all of Japan.

Genres

Crime

Production Companies

Toei Company

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Cast

Akira Kobayashi

Gorō Ibuki

Yutaka Nakajima

Yōko Koizumi

Hōsei Komatsu

Hideo Murota

Eizō Kitamura

Detective Nakai

Shinichirō Mikami

Bin Amatsu

Hiroshi Nawa

Kenji Imai

Tōru Abe

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