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The Yakuza Awaits (1969)

Genre : Crime, Drama, Thriller

Runtime : 1H 31M

Director : Kōsaku Yamashita
Writer : Isao Matsumoto

Synopsis

Forth film in the Gokudo series with Tomisaburô Wakayama

Actors

Tomisaburō Wakayama
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Shimamura Seikichi
Minoru Oki
Minoru Oki
Shingo Yamashiro
Shingo Yamashiro
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Keiko Yumi
Keiko Yumi
Shinichirô Mikami
Shinichirô Mikami
Masumi Tachibana
Masumi Tachibana
Shôtarô Hayashi
Shôtarô Hayashi
Masaru Shiga
Masaru Shiga
Kenji Ushio
Kenji Ushio
Kôji Sekiyama
Kôji Sekiyama
Tatsuo Endō
Tatsuo Endō
Takashi Ebata
Takashi Ebata
Shizuko Kasagi
Shizuko Kasagi
Shin Tokudaiji
Shin Tokudaiji
Yoshinobu Hirose
Yoshinobu Hirose
Akikane Sawa
Akikane Sawa
Nobuo Kaneko
Nobuo Kaneko
Asao Uchida
Asao Uchida

Crews

Kōsaku Yamashita
Kōsaku Yamashita
Director
Isao Matsumoto
Isao Matsumoto
Screenplay
Shunsuke Kikuchi
Shunsuke Kikuchi
Music
Motoya Washio
Motoya Washio
Cinematography

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