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Cast · Directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara
YI

Yūjirō Ishihara
Jôji Shimaki
MK

Mie Kitahara
Saeko
IK

Isamu Kosugi
Uchiyama
KK

Kōjirō Kusanagi
Takeda
HN

Hideaki Nitani
Shibata elder
KU

Kenjiro Uemura
Police detective
KT
Keisuke Tate
Immigration Bureau clerk
MK
Masayuki Kawamura
Boy
YF
Yoshiko Fujishiro
Ruriko
TA

Tomio Aoki
Shibata's henchman
HE

Hyōe Enoki
Shibata's henchman B
NS

Naoki Sugiura
Shibata's henchman C
More from Yūjirō Ishihara · Lead actor

Western Police
1979 · 7.5

Big City: Days of Struggle
1976

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
1965 · 6.8

Roar At The Sun!
1972 · 9.0

Crazed Fruit
1956 · 6.9

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957 · 7.0

A Bold Life
1961

Showdown in the Storm
1958 · 8.0

Arcadia of My Youth
1982 · 7.4

The Sands of Kurobe
1968 · 7.0
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More from Mie Kitahara · Co-star actress

Crazed Fruit
1956 · 6.9

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952 · 7.6

Carmen's Innocent Love
1952 · 5.2

Showdown in the Storm
1958 · 8.0

Phoenix
1956 · 6.5

The Moon Has Risen
1955 · 7.4

Tales of Ginza
1955 · 7.0

Man Who Causes a Storm
1957 · 6.8

Wandering Shore
1956 · 8.0

The Stream of Youth
1959
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More from Koreyoshi Kurahara · Director
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High and Low
1963 · 8.4

Shoplifters
2018 · 7.8

Brother
2000 · 7.1

Crows Zero II
2009 · 7.2

Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God
2007 · 7.9

Bullet Train Explosion
2025 · 6.6

Outrage
2010 · 6.9

Cold Fish
2011 · 6.9

Stray Dog
1949 · 7.6

Death Note Relight 2: L's Successors
2009 · 7.5

Female Yakuza Tale
1973 · 6.1

Outrage Coda
2017 · 6.8
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