Underworld Beauty

Mar 25, 1958

1h 27m

★ 5.8

Overview

The moment he's released from prison, the honorable gangster Miyamoto recovers the stolen diamonds he had stashed before getting pinched. When he returns to his haunt to make good by friend who took a bullet for him, he is diverted by the greedy boss Oyane and his insatiable taste for Miyamoto's precious stones.

Genres

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

Nikkatsu Corporation

Underworld Beauty Trailers

Cast

Miyamoto

Michitarō Mizushima

Akiko

Mari Shiraki

Detective Watanabe

Hideaki Nitani

Ôyane

Shinsuke Ashida

Arita

Hiroshi Kondō

Ozawa

Kaku Takashina

Mihara

Tōru Abe

Hatano

Bumon Kahara

Keisuke Yukioka

Yoneyama

Jun Miyazaki

Fujita

Shōki Fukae

Police Officer

Seijiro Takano

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