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Mahjong Hishoden: Ryu the Caller

Mahjong Hishoden: Ryu the Caller

The best mahjong comic comes to live action.

Genres

CrimeDrama

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There is a man, who always win a mahjong game... His name is Ryu the Caller.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

96 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

17 June 1995

Country

Japan

Cast

Junichi Kawamoto

Junichi Kawamoto

Ryu

Tokuma Nishioka

Tokuma Nishioka

Shozo Kai

Noriko Arai

Noriko Arai

Natsue Kaga

Masato Gunji

Masato Gunji

Tetsu

Akira Nakao

Akira Nakao

Michizo Sakurada

Yuji Miyake

Yuji Miyake

Tatsuji Miyoshi

Hōsei Komatsu

Hōsei Komatsu

Suekichi Maruko

Tatsuo Yamada

Tatsuo Yamada

Onizuka

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