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The Hard Core Criminal

7.519731h 30mMovieCrimeThriller

In the 20th century, the Japanese government exploits prisoners as expendable slave laborers in a coal mine, which results in conflict between the prisoners and the warden to escalate.

DirectorShigehiro Ozawa
WriterKōji Takada
ProducersKōji Shundō·Keiichi Hashimoto

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Cast · Directed by Shigehiro Ozawa

KTKoji Tsuruta
Koji Tsuruta
GIGorō Ibuki
Gorō Ibuki
MŌMinoru Ōki
Minoru Ōki
YHYuriko Hishimi
Yuriko Hishimi
YH
Yoko Horikoshi
TMToshiaki Minami
Toshiaki Minami
EKEizō Kitamura
Eizō Kitamura
RYRinichi Yamamoto
Rinichi Yamamoto
ASAkira Shioji
Akira Shioji
SMShinichirō Mikami
Shinichirō Mikami
KK
Kazutarō Kuni
TNTakashi Noguchi
Takashi Noguchi

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