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Westward Desperado (1960)

Genre : Comedy, Action, War

Runtime : 1H 47M

Director : Kihachi Okamoto
Writer : Shinichi Sekizawa, Kihachi Okamoto

Synopsis

Follow-up to Desperado Outpost (1959) sees Japanese soldiers seeking the flag of a defeated regiment in China.

Actors

Makoto Satō
Makoto Satō
Yûzô Kayama
Yûzô Kayama
Akira Kubo
Akira Kubo
Tatsuyoshi Ehara
Tatsuyoshi Ehara
Akihiko Hirata
Akihiko Hirata
Kumi Mizuno
Kumi Mizuno
Tadao Nakamaru
Tadao Nakamaru
Frankie Sakai
Frankie Sakai
Sachio Sakai
Sachio Sakai
Yutaka Nakayama
Yutaka Nakayama
Ren Yamamoto
Ren Yamamoto
Ikio Sawamura
Ikio Sawamura
Yoshifumi Tajima
Yoshifumi Tajima
Ichirô Nakatani
Ichirô Nakatani
Haruya Katô
Haruya Katô
Shôji Ôki
Shôji Ôki
Hideyo Amamoto
Hideyo Amamoto
Kōji Iwamoto
Kōji Iwamoto
Kyoro Sakurai
Kyoro Sakurai
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Michiyo Yokoyama
Michiyo Yokoyama
Akira Wakamatsu
Akira Wakamatsu
Toshio Miura
Toshio Miura
Naoya Kusakawa
Naoya Kusakawa
Keiko Muramatsu
Keiko Muramatsu

Crews

Kihachi Okamoto
Kihachi Okamoto
Director
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Executive Producer
Shinichi Sekizawa
Shinichi Sekizawa
Screenplay
Kihachi Okamoto
Kihachi Okamoto
Screenplay
Osamu Hasumoto
Osamu Hasumoto
Original Story
Yuzuru Aizawa
Yuzuru Aizawa
Director of Photography
Iwao Akune
Iwao Akune
Art Direction
Shin Watarai
Shin Watarai
Sound Recordist
Hisashi Shimonaga
Hisashi Shimonaga
Sound Recordist
Ichiro Ihara
Ichiro Ihara
Lighting Technician
Masaru Satō
Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer
Yoshitami Kuroiwa
Yoshitami Kuroiwa
Editor

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