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Pistol Opera

Pistol Opera

Killing with style!

2001•1h 52m•5.9/10
CrimeAction

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5.9/10(23)

An assassin fends off numerous attacks from her comrades, who are trying to move up in rank by killing off the competition.

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Production

dentsu Music and Entertainment, Eisei Gekijo, Ogura Jimusyo, TV Tokyo, Shochiku, JVC

Language

JA

Status

Released

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Cast

Makiko Esumi

Makiko Esumi

Miyuki Minazuki

Sayoko Yamaguchi

Sayoko Yamaguchi

Sayoko Uekyo

Hanae Kan

Hanae Kan

Sayoko Uekyo

Mikijiro Hira

Mikijiro Hira

Goro Hanada

Masatoshi Nagase

Masatoshi Nagase

Man Dressed in Black

Kirin Kiki

Kirin Kiki

Rin

Kenji Sawada

Kenji Sawada

Man at Tokyo Station

Haruko Katō

Haruko Katō

Shizuka Orikuchi

Yoji Tanaka

Yoji Tanaka

Koroshi-ya No. 7

Yoshiyuki Morishita

Yoshiyuki Morishita

Killer No.9

Jan Woudstra

Painless Surgeon

Tomio Aoki

Tomio Aoki

Kensaku Watanabe

Kensaku Watanabe

Hiromi Kanaya

Hiromi Kanaya

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