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The Stairway to the Distant Past
The Stairway to the Distant Past

The Stairway to the Distant Past

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DramaCrime

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Broke, with his vintage Nash convertible repossessed, private eye Mike Hama is reduced to combing the mean streets of the Yokohama waterfront on a borrowed bicycle. But when Lily, a beautiful stripper from out of Hama's past, returns to town, the fuse is lit on a criminal powder keg set to blow the lid off the Yokohama underworld.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

101 mins

Rating

7/10

Release Date

18 March 1995

Country

Japan

Cast

Masatoshi Nagase

Masatoshi Nagase

Maiku Hama

Haruko Wanibuchi

Haruko Wanibuchi

Lily Hama

Eiji Okada

Eiji Okada

White Man

Mika Ohmine

Mika Ohmine

Akane Hama

Shiro Sano

Shiro Sano

Masaru Kanno

Kiyotaka Nanbara

Kiyotaka Nanbara

Hoshino

Tetta Sugimoto

Tetta Sugimoto

Sugimoto

Shinya Tsukamoto

Shinya Tsukamoto

Yamaguchi

Joe Shishido

Joe Shishido

Jo Shishido

Keiji Matsuda

Keiji Matsuda

Matsuda

Akaji Maro

Akaji Maro

Lt. Nakayama

Kazuko Shirakawa

Kazuko Shirakawa

Sachiko Shibata

Sumiko Sakamoto

Sumiko Sakamoto

Minato Mary

Noriko Sengoku

Noriko Sengoku

Asa

Yoichi Sai

Yoichi Sai

Chief of Police

Shûji Yamamoto

Shûji Yamamoto

Bum

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