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The Rose on His Arm

5.819561h 25mMovieDramaCrimeAction

Ignoring the protests of his working-class mother, a young man becomes wrapped up in the world of delinquents and yakuza.

DirectorKeisuke Kinoshita
WriterKeisuke Kinoshita
ProducerKôzô Kubo

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Cast · Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita

AIAkira Ishihama
Akira Ishihama
Masahiro Hase
KN
Katsuo Nakamura
Kiyoshi Akiyama
SSSadako Sawamura
Sadako Sawamura
Akiyama's mother
YKYoshiko Kuga
Yoshiko Kuga
Keiko Hase
NA
Noriko Arita
Kaoru Akiyama
HS
Hiroko Sugita
Yôko
ST
Shinji Tanaka
Chôshichi Tsuji
KMKuniko Miyake
Kuniko Miyake
Masahiro's mother
RK
Ryuji Kita
Masahiro's father
ST
Shin Tatsuoka
Sakurai
FSFujio Suga
Fujio Suga
Sushi shop master
MSMutsuko Sakura
Mutsuko Sakura
Sushi shop lady

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The Rose on His Arm is streaming on Criterion Channel in Canada. It's not currently on Netflix.

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