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The Yakuza Code Still Lives
The Yakuza Code Still Lives

The Yakuza Code Still Lives

Genres

DramaCrime

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After spending eight years in prison for murder, Hiroshi leaves his yakuza family to start a new life as a labor racketeer.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

90 mins

Rating

7/10

Release Date

04 December 1976

Country

Japan

Cast

Hiroki Matsukata

Hiroki Matsukata

Hiroshi Jinno

Akira Kobayashi

Akira Kobayashi

Akimitsu Hojo

Yutaka Nakajima

Yutaka Nakajima

Ryoko

Tomomi Satō

Tomomi Satō

Hideo Murota

Hideo Murota

Tsuneyuki Okimoto

Takuzō Kawatani

Takuzō Kawatani

Teruhisa Yoshinaga

Kenji Imai

Kenji Imai

Shibata

Tatsuo Endō

Tatsuo Endō

Shinichirō Mikami

Shinichirō Mikami

Minoru Sakamoto

Michirō Minami

Michirō Minami

Daisuke Awaji

Daisuke Awaji

Furukawa

Ryuji Katagiri

Ryuji Katagiri

Ryō Nishida

Ryō Nishida

Masataka Iwao

Masataka Iwao

Tetsu Sakai

Tetsu Sakai

Narrator (voice)

Isao Natsuyagi

Isao Natsuyagi

Takemori

Takeo Chii

Takeo Chii

Yutaka Kashiwagi

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