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Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder! (1985)

Género : Drama, Crimen, Acción

Tiempo de ejecución : 2H 1M

Director : Jo Hirose
Escritor : Takeshi Yoshida

Sinopsis

When the Shogunates greatest secret is stolen, the fate of the nation hangs in the balance. The Shogunate sends an incompetent cop, Tanaka, to Kyoto to act as a stalking horse. Hoping the thieves will kill Tanaka and the Ninja Spies will kill the thieves. But what the Shogunate doesn't realise is that Tanaka's even more incompetent assistant Mondo is in fact the leader of a gang of revengers for hire, there motto is "Sure Death" (or your money cheerfully refunded). Mondo doesn't know that everyone knows about the secret, but they all think he does. Poor Mondo, he not only has to deal with crazed Shogunate extremists, oddball ninjas, crooks who work for the Emperor and bicycle riding foreign death squads. He also have to deal with a wife and a crazy mother-in-law!

Actores

Makoto Fujita
Makoto Fujita
Nakamura Mondo
Izumi Ayukawa
Izumi Ayukawa
Nandemoya no Kayo
Masaki Kyômoto
Masaki Kyômoto
Kumihimoya no Ryu
Hiroaki Murakami
Hiroaki Murakami
Hanaya no Masa
Ippei Hikaru
Ippei Hikaru
Nishi Junnosuke
Toshio Yamauchi
Toshio Yamauchi
Sakae Umezu
Sakae Umezu
Mari Shiraki
Mari Shiraki
Ritsu
Kin Sugai
Kin Sugai
Sen
Kensaku Morita
Kensaku Morita
Kie Nakai
Kie Nakai
Yoshie Kashiwabara
Yoshie Kashiwabara
Hiroyuki Okita
Hiroyuki Okita
Tsurube Shofukutei
Tsurube Shofukutei
Toki Shiozawa
Toki Shiozawa
Yuki Hyôdô
Yuki Hyôdô
Junji Takada
Junji Takada
Ryūnosuke Kaneda
Ryūnosuke Kaneda
Norio Nishikawa
Norio Nishikawa
Kent Gilbert
Kent Gilbert
Hitoshi Ômae
Hitoshi Ômae
Sanma Akashiya
Sanma Akashiya
Mikijirō Hira
Mikijirō Hira
Isuzu Yamada
Isuzu Yamada
Oriku
Monta Mino
Monta Mino
Narrator (voice)

Tripulaciones

Jo Hirose
Jo Hirose
Director
Masaaki Hirao
Masaaki Hirao
Original Music Composer
Takeshi Yoshida
Takeshi Yoshida
Screenplay
Toshio Nakajima
Toshio Nakajima
Lighting Technician
Shigeru Ishihara
Shigeru Ishihara
Director of Photography
Koichi Sonoi
Koichi Sonoi
Editor
Sôhei Hasegawa
Sôhei Hasegawa
Still Photographer

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