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Scoundrel
Scoundrel

Scoundrel

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Shimamura is a violent street thug who joins the yakuza & is merciless & unscrupulous on his rise, lacking any sense of either duty or chivalry. When imprisoned, he is repeatedly transferred from one prison to another, because no one can handle him.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

91 mins

Rating

6/10

Release Date

05 March 1968

Country

Japan

Cast

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Shimamura Seikichi

Minoru Ōki

Minoru Ōki

Kyōsuke Machida

Kyōsuke Machida

Nijiko Kiyokawa

Nijiko Kiyokawa

Bunta Sugawara

Bunta Sugawara

Shingo Yamashiro

Shingo Yamashiro

Bin Amatsu

Bin Amatsu

Asao Uchida

Asao Uchida

Hōsei Komatsu

Hōsei Komatsu

Sanae Kitabayashi

Sanae Kitabayashi

Kenji Ushio

Kenji Ushio

Kyōichi Satō

Kyōichi Satō

Yoshiko Fujita

Yoshiko Fujita

Hideto Kagawa

Hideto Kagawa

Nobuo Kaneko

Nobuo Kaneko

Kin'ya Suzuki

Kin'ya Suzuki

Akikane Sawa

Akikane Sawa

Takashi Ebata

Takashi Ebata

Michimaro Otabe

Michimaro Otabe

Eijirō Sekine

Eijirō Sekine

Gorō Naniwa

Gorō Naniwa

Minoru Hodaka

Minoru Hodaka

Takashi Noguchi

Takashi Noguchi

Masao Hori

Masao Hori

Masaru Shiga

Masaru Shiga

Kenji Kusumoto

Kenji Kusumoto

Keishiro Kojima

Keishiro Kojima

Mitsuo Nagata

Mitsuo Nagata

Junko Maki

Junko Maki

Ryōta Minowada

Ryōta Minowada

Kinji Nakamura

Kinji Nakamura

Sen Okamichi

Sen Okamichi

Yoshiki Oyamada

Yoshiki Oyamada

Mineko Maruhira

Mineko Maruhira

Isao Takanami

Isao Takanami

Koji Tsuruta

Koji Tsuruta

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