The Yakuza Awaits

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Forth film in the Gokudo series with Tomisaburô Wakayama

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

91 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

09 January 1969

Country

Japan

Cast

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Shimamura Seikichi

Minoru Ōki

Shingo Yamashiro

Nijiko Kiyokawa

Keiko Yumi

Shinichirō Mikami

Masumi Tachibana

Shōtarō Hayashi

Masaru Shiga

Kenji Ushio

Kōji Sekiyama

Tatsuo Endō

Takashi Ebata

Shizuko Kasagi

Shin Tokudaiji

Yoshinobu Hirose

Akikane Sawa

Nobuo Kaneko

Asao Uchida

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