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Tattooed Life
Tattooed Life

Tattooed Life

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After his own gang sets him up to kill a rival mobster, a hit man is forced to flee with his younger brother.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

87 mins

Rating

7/10

Release Date

13 November 1965

Country

Japan

Cast

Hideki Takahashi

Hideki Takahashi

Murakami Tetsutaro

Masako Izumi

Masako Izumi

Kinoshita Midori

Akira Yamanouchi

Akira Yamanouchi

Kinoshita Yuzo

Yuji Odaka

Yuji Odaka

Ezaki Osamu

Kotobuki Hananomoto

Kotobuki Hananomoto

Murakami Kenji

Hiroko Itō

Hiroko Itō

Kinoshita Masayo

Kayo Matsuo

Kayo Matsuo

Oyuki

Hōsei Komatsu

Hōsei Komatsu

Yamano Senkichi

Kaku Takashina

Kaku Takashina

Tsuneyoshi

Michio Hino

Michio Hino

Tokuhira

Keisuke Noro

Keisuke Noro

Seikou

Hiroshi Kōno

Hiroshi Kōno

Kurosawa

Shirō Yanase

Shirō Yanase

Asakichi

Hiroshi Chō

Hiroshi Chō

Masayoshi

Akira Hisamatsu

Akira Hisamatsu

Patrolman Oikawa

Hiroshi Chiyoda

Hiroshi Chiyoda

Zensuke

Zenpei Saga

Zenpei Saga

Iwae Arai

Iwae Arai

Wataru Kobayashi

Wataru Kobayashi

Masakichi

Masaaki Honme

Masaaki Honme

Tsurumatsu

Akira Takahashi

Akira Takahashi

Anzo

Shiro Tonami

Shiro Tonami

Tomeji

Yoshihiro Yamaguchi

Yoshihiro Yamaguchi

Sailor

Hiroshi Takao

Hiroshi Takao

Sutekichi

Hiroshi Midorikawa

Hiroshi Midorikawa

Eiko Takada

Eiko Takada

Midori Mori

Midori Mori

Waitress

Yōko Yokota

Yōko Yokota

Yōko Naka

Yōko Naka

Waitress

Kiyoshi Ôba

Kiyoshi Ôba

Tessen Nakahira

Tessen Nakahira

Seizaburō Kawazu

Seizaburō Kawazu

Jugoro Akamatsu

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