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The Pledge (1972)

Genre : Drama, Crime

Runtime : 1H 43M

Director : Kōsaku Yamashita
Writer : Tatsuo Nogami

Synopsis

When Omuro Yahachi of the Omuro family is selected as Mutsumikai Soke's successor, the conflict between the Kitakyushu and Wakamatsu begins.

Actors

Koji Tsuruta
Koji Tsuruta
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Bunta Sugawara
Bunta Sugawara
Yuko Hamada
Yuko Hamada
Hiroki Matsukata
Hiroki Matsukata
Junko Matsudaira
Junko Matsudaira
Gorō Ibuki
Gorō Ibuki
Tatsuo Endō
Tatsuo Endō
Akira Shioji
Akira Shioji
Ryutaro Tatsumi
Ryutaro Tatsumi
Ryuko Azuma
Ryuko Azuma
Nobuo Kaneko
Nobuo Kaneko
Takashi Noguchi
Takashi Noguchi
Hiroshi Kubo
Hiroshi Kubo
Isao Takanami
Isao Takanami
Keiichi Kitagawa
Keiichi Kitagawa
Tomiko Ishii
Tomiko Ishii
Masaharu Arikawa
Masaharu Arikawa
Takuzō Kawatani
Takuzō Kawatani
Masataka Iwao
Masataka Iwao
Kenji Ushio
Kenji Ushio
Asao Uchida
Asao Uchida
Michimaro Otabe
Michimaro Otabe
Masaru Shiga
Masaru Shiga
Ryō Nishida
Ryō Nishida
Takuji Aoki
Takuji Aoki
Ken Takakura
Ken Takakura

Crews

Kōsaku Yamashita
Kōsaku Yamashita
Director
Tatsuo Nogami
Tatsuo Nogami
Screenplay
Chūji Kinoshita
Chūji Kinoshita
Original Music Composer
Osamu Furuya
Osamu Furuya
Director of Photography
Jiro Tomita
Jiro Tomita
Art Direction
Kozo Horiike
Kozo Horiike
Editor

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