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A Modern Yakuza: The Code of the Lawless

A Modern Yakuza: The Code of the Lawless

Part of A Modern Yakuza

1969•1h 32m•10.0/10
DramaCrime

Ratings

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10.0/10(2)

Just released on parole, one young man hurtles towards a face-off with the gangsters controlling Shinjuku and its lucrative prostitutes.

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Production

Toei Company

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Bunta Sugawara

Bunta Sugawara

Kyōsuke Machida

Kyōsuke Machida

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Sumiko Fuji

Sumiko Fuji

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Shingo Yamashiro

Shingo Yamashiro

Nami Tamura

Nami Tamura

Masumi Tachibana

Masumi Tachibana

Hideo Sunazuka

Hideo Sunazuka

Hiroshi Nawa

Hiroshi Nawa

Shirō Ōtsuji

Shirō Ōtsuji

Tōru Abe

Tōru Abe

Nobuo Yana

Nobuo Yana

Takashi Ebata

Takashi Ebata

Tetsuya Yamaoka

Tetsuya Yamaoka

Hideo Murota

Hideo Murota

Kōji Sekiyama

Kōji Sekiyama

Renji Ishibashi

Renji Ishibashi

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