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The Sleeping Beast Within

The Sleeping Beast Within

1960•1h 26m•6.8/10
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6.8/10(12)

A newspaper reporter's search for his girlfriend's missing father lead him into heart of the criminal underworld of Yokohama's Chinatown.

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Production

Nikkatsu Corporation

Language

JA

Status

Released

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Cast

Hiroyuki Nagato

Hiroyuki Nagato

Shotaro Kasai

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Keiko Ueki

Shoichi Ozawa

Shoichi Ozawa

Reporter Horibe

Shinsuke Ashida

Shinsuke Ashida

Junpei Ueki

Hisano Yamaoka

Hisano Yamaoka

Hisa Ueki

Tsutomu Shimomoto

Tsutomu Shimomoto

Nagamine

Kōjirō Kusanagi

Kōjirō Kusanagi

Komatsu Hiroshi

Keisuke Noro

Keisuke Noro

Wang

Kō Nishimura

Kō Nishimura

Yūko Kusunoki

Yūko Kusunoki

Hiroko Komatsu

Yuko Chishiro

Yuko Chishiro

Akemi

Masaru Kamiyama

Yasuo Sato

Kotoe Hatsui

Kotoe Hatsui

Yaeko Sato

Kōichi Uenoyama

Kōichi Uenoyama

Maki

Nobuo Kawakami

Nobuo Kawakami

Motoyama

Kinzō Shin

Kinzō Shin

Ide

Toshiaki Itō

Eto

Shōki Fukae

Shōki Fukae

Detective Suyama

Akira Hisamatsu

Ichiro Kijima

Ichiro Kijima

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