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The Pledge
The Pledge

The Pledge

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When Omuro Yahachi of the Omuro family is selected as Mutsumikai Soke's successor, the conflict between the Kitakyushu and Wakamatsu begins.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

103 mins

Rating

5/10

Release Date

30 July 1972

Country

Japan

Cast

Koji Tsuruta

Koji Tsuruta

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Bunta Sugawara

Bunta Sugawara

Yūko Hamada

Yūko Hamada

Hiroki Matsukata

Hiroki Matsukata

Junko Matsudaira

Junko Matsudaira

Gorō Ibuki

Gorō Ibuki

Tatsuo Endō

Tatsuo Endō

Akira Shioji

Akira Shioji

Ryūtarō Tatsumi

Ryūtarō Tatsumi

Ryūko Azuma

Ryūko Azuma

Nobuo Kaneko

Nobuo Kaneko

Takashi Noguchi

Takashi Noguchi

Hiroshi Kubo

Hiroshi Kubo

Isao Takanami

Isao Takanami

Keiichi Kitagawa

Keiichi Kitagawa

Tomiko Ishii

Tomiko Ishii

Masaharu Arikawa

Masaharu Arikawa

Takuzō Kawatani

Takuzō Kawatani

Masataka Iwao

Masataka Iwao

Kenji Ushio

Kenji Ushio

Asao Uchida

Asao Uchida

Michimaro Otabe

Michimaro Otabe

Masaru Shiga

Masaru Shiga

Ryō Nishida

Ryō Nishida

Takuji Aoki

Takuji Aoki

Ken Takakura

Ken Takakura

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