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Brothers Serving Time
Brothers Serving Time

Brothers Serving Time

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While imprisoned, Tatsu encounters Danshi, a man who is a big honcho in the prison pecking order. After initial conflict they become sworn brothers. Tatsu and the sworn brothers he acquires weren’t really gangsters before their prison time, just ruffians. Prison, however, introduces them to plenty of gangland characters and three years later, they’re out of prison and enmeshed in the yakuza world.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

96 mins

Rating

8/10

Release Date

03 May 1969

Country

Japan

Cast

Ken Takakura

Ken Takakura

Bunta Sugawara

Bunta Sugawara

Tatsuo Yaguchi

Kyōsuke Machida

Kyōsuke Machida

Danshichi

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Ryōji Hayama

Ryōji Hayama

Michitarō Mizushima

Michitarō Mizushima

Matsui

Machiko Yashiro

Machiko Yashiro

Bin Amatsu

Bin Amatsu

Tatsuo Endō

Tatsuo Endō

Keiji Takamiya

Keiji Takamiya

Nobuo Yana

Nobuo Yana

Yoshinobu Hirose

Yoshinobu Hirose

Santa

Akira Shioji

Akira Shioji

Mitsuru Momoyama

Mitsuru Momoyama

Misa Toki

Misa Toki

Sumiko

Kinji Nakamura

Kinji Nakamura

Shōtarō Hayashi

Shōtarō Hayashi

Masao Hori

Masao Hori

Sen Okamichi

Sen Okamichi

Koji Arima

Koji Arima

Ryūko Azuma

Ryūko Azuma

Yōko Koyama

Yōko Koyama

Minken Karasawa

Minken Karasawa

Yoshihiro Igarashi

Yoshihiro Igarashi

Ryō Nishida

Ryō Nishida

Shintaro Nasu

Shintaro Nasu

Masaru Shiga

Masaru Shiga

Kinjirô Tooyama

Kinjirô Tooyama

Gorō Naniwa

Gorō Naniwa

Daisuke Awaji

Daisuke Awaji

Yoko Shimada

Yoko Shimada

Ryōta Minowada

Ryōta Minowada

Kinsaku Morishima

Kinsaku Morishima

Hideo Shimada

Hideo Shimada

Yasumori Hikita

Yasumori Hikita

Hideo Fujimoto

Hideo Fujimoto

Shinobu Akamatsu

Shinobu Akamatsu

Kôsaburô Shirakawa

Kôsaburô Shirakawa

Shōtarō Ōtsuki

Shōtarō Ōtsuki

Kiyotaka Nishiyama

Kiyotaka Nishiyama

Tetsuo Fujisawa

Tetsuo Fujisawa

Hiroshi Yahiro

Hiroshi Yahiro

Mieko Hoshino

Mieko Hoshino

Mineko Maruhira

Mineko Maruhira

Midori Yamada

Midori Yamada

Teruo Fujinaga

Teruo Fujinaga

Reiichi Hatanaka

Reiichi Hatanaka

Akira Hirasawa

Akira Hirasawa

Seizō Fukumoto

Seizō Fukumoto

Yoshiaki Yabe

Yoshiaki Yabe

Kenji Ikeda

Kenji Ikeda

Ryuji Komine

Ryuji Komine

Gentarō Mori

Gentarō Mori

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