Black Strait

Black Strait

1964•1h 43m•10.0/10

CrimeAction

Ratings

🎬TMDb

10.0/10(1)

Newly out of prison after killing his boss' rival, Akio Maki is eager to move on and start a new life with the boss' daughter. However, the chains of the past are not so easily broken and Maki is soon ordered to kill again.

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Production

Nikkatsu Corporation

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Yūjirō Ishihara

Yūjirō Ishihara

Akio Maki

Yukiyo Toake

Yukiyo Toake

Noriko

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Chisako Kayama

Ichirō Nakatani

Ichirō Nakatani

Tetsuji Onuki

Gorō Tarumi

Gorō Tarumi

Otsuki

Tatsuya Fuji

Tatsuya Fuji

Kayama

Asao Sano

Asao Sano

Ryusaku

Yuji Odaka

Yuji Odaka

Ozaki

Isao Yamagata

Isao Yamagata

Shirō Ōsaka

Shirō Ōsaka

Tamae Isobe

Yoshihiro Nakadai

Yuzo Kiura

Yuzo Kiura

Shōki Fukae

Shōki Fukae

Kōtarō Sugie

Eiji Gō

Eiji Gō

Ichiro Kijima

Ichiro Kijima

Shinzō Shibata

Toshizō Kudō

Sanpei Mine

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