Original Title: 極道
Status
Released
Release
1968
Runtime
1h 31m
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Shimamura is a violent street thug who joins the yakuza & is merciless & unscrupulous on his rise, lacking any sense of either duty or chivalry. When imprisoned, he is repeatedly transferred from one prison to another, because no one can handle him.
36 Cast Members
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Shimamura Seikichi
Minoru Ōki
Kyōsuke Machida
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Bunta Sugawara
Shingo Yamashiro
Bin Amatsu
Asao Uchida
Hōsei Komatsu
Sanae Kitabayashi
Kenji Ushio
Kyōichi Satō
Yoshiko Fujita
Hideto Kagawa
Nobuo Kaneko
Kinya Suzuki
Akikane Sawa
Takashi Ebata
Michimaro Otabe
Eijirō Sekine
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