Tattooed Life

Nov 13, 1965

1h 27m

★ 7.0

Overview

After his own gang sets him up to kill a rival mobster, a hit man is forced to flee with his younger brother.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Nikkatsu Corporation

Tattooed Life Trailers

Cast

Murakami Tetsutaro

Hideki Takahashi

Kinoshita Midori

Masako Izumi

Kinoshita Yuzo

Akira Yamanouchi

Ezaki Osamu

Yuji Odaka

Murakami Kenji

Kotobuki Hananomoto

Kinoshita Masayo

Hiroko Itō

Oyuki

Kayo Matsuo

Yamano Senkichi

Hōsei Komatsu

Tsuneyoshi

Kaku Takashina

Tokuhira

Michio Hino

Seikou

Keisuke Noro

Kurosawa

Hiroshi Kōno

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