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Dead Angle

Dead Angle

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Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

154 mins

Rating

7/10

Release Date

04 July 1979

Country

Japan

Cast

Isao Natsuyagi

Isao Natsuyagi

Yoko Shimada

Yoko Shimada

Mitsuko Oka

Mitsuko Oka

Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos

Akira Nakao

Akira Nakao

Katsu Ryūzaki

Katsu Ryūzaki

Shin Kishida

Shin Kishida

Yoko Natsuki

Yoko Natsuki

Kumi Taguchi

Kumi Taguchi

Tamaki Sawa

Tamaki Sawa

Hiromitsu Suzuki

Hiromitsu Suzuki

Gajirō Satō

Gajirō Satō

Kyôhei Shibata

Kyôhei Shibata

Masaru Shiga

Masaru Shiga

Guts Ishimatsu

Guts Ishimatsu

Daigo Kusano

Daigo Kusano

Haruki Kadokawa

Haruki Kadokawa

Akimitsu Takagi

Akimitsu Takagi

Toshiyuki Nishida

Toshiyuki Nishida

Shiro Kito

Shiro Kito

Asao Uchida

Asao Uchida

Toyoto Fukuda

Toyoto Fukuda

Kei Taguchi

Kei Taguchi

Jun Tazaki

Jun Tazaki

Kōjirō Kusanagi

Kōjirō Kusanagi

Hōsuke Fukuchi

Hōsuke Fukuchi

Hirohisa Nakata

Hirohisa Nakata

Jiro Miyaguchi

Jiro Miyaguchi

Hitoshi Ōmae

Hitoshi Ōmae

Gōzō Sōma

Gōzō Sōma

Kai Ato

Kai Ato

Ryuji Katagiri

Ryuji Katagiri

Genji Kawai

Genji Kawai

Machiko Hashizume

Machiko Hashizume

Kaoru Endō

Kaoru Endō

Mizuho Wada

Mizuho Wada

Seiya Satō

Seiya Satō

Koichi Yamada

Koichi Yamada

Chū Takatsuki

Chū Takatsuki

Jirō Sagawa

Jirō Sagawa

Eiichi Sakura

Eiichi Sakura

Toshiyuki Tsuchiyama

Toshiyuki Tsuchiyama

Tatsuya Kameyama

Tatsuya Kameyama

Teruo Shimizu

Teruo Shimizu

Osamu Kimura

Osamu Kimura

Sakae Yamaura

Sakae Yamaura

Kōji Sawada

Kōji Sawada

Kosuke Nakatsuka

Kosuke Nakatsuka

Eiji Sachi

Eiji Sachi

Fukunosuke Izumi

Fukunosuke Izumi

Takeshige Hatanaka

Takeshige Hatanaka

Keiko Itō

Keiko Itō

Midori Yamamoto

Midori Yamamoto

Haruki Jo

Haruki Jo

Michihiro Yamanishi

Michihiro Yamanishi

Kunji Harada

Kunji Harada

Kanjūrō Arashi

Kanjūrō Arashi

Jun Fujimaki

Jun Fujimaki

Mikio Narita

Mikio Narita

Ryōhei Uchida

Ryōhei Uchida

Kei Satō

Kei Satō

Hideo Murota

Hideo Murota

Takuya Fujioka

Takuya Fujioka

Isamu Nagato

Isamu Nagato

Gorō Ibuki

Gorō Ibuki

Shigeru Amachi

Shigeru Amachi

Sonny Chiba

Sonny Chiba

Tetsuro Tamba

Tetsuro Tamba

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