Cash Calls Hell

Jan 15, 1966

1h 32m

★ 7.6

Overview

Before leaving prison, Oida uncomfortably enters into an agreement with his cell mate: in exchange for a half-share of 30,000,000 yen, he is to assassinate three strangers given to him on a list. However, upon meeting his first potential victim, Oida has second thoughts. Yet, even as he tries to back out, the body count starts climbing. Oida must now try to alert the people on his list of their impending danger, and find out why they are being targeted in the first place.

Genres

Action

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Shochiku

Haiyuza Theater Company

Cash Calls Hell Trailers

Cast

Oida

Tatsuya Nakadai

Sengoku

Mikijiro Hira

Fuyujima

Ichirō Nakatani

Motoki

Hisashi Igawa

Umegaya

Kunie Tanaka

Toyoko

Kaneko Iwasaki

Utako

Atsuko Kawaguchi

Teruko

Tatsu Nakamura

Okami

Akiko Nomura

Yoko

Toshie Kimura

Tomoe

Yukari Uehara

Oida's Girl

Chiyo Aoi

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