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The Dragon Crest

The Dragon Crest

Part of Otoko no monsho Collection

1963•1h 43m
CrimeDrama

A violent story of loyalty and revenge among the many "yakuza" or gambling groups in Japan.

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Production

Nikkatsu Corporation

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Hideki Takahashi

Hideki Takahashi

Masako Izumi

Masako Izumi

Yukiko Todoroki

Yukiko Todoroki

Shōbun Inoue

Shōbun Inoue

Toshio Sugiyama

Toshio Sugiyama

Kaku Takashina

Kaku Takashina

Noriko Matsumoto

Kōichi Uenoyama

Kōichi Uenoyama

Hiroshi Kondō

Hiroshi Kondō

Shosei Muto

Shosei Muto

Keisuke Yukioka

Ikunosuke Koizumi

Shirō Yanase

Shirō Yanase

Ichiro Kijima

Ichiro Kijima

Hatsuko Wakahara

Setsuko Amamiya

Nobuo Kawakami

Nobuo Kawakami

Ichirō Nakatani

Ichirō Nakatani

Yoshi Katō

Yoshi Katō

Akira Nagoya

Akira Nagoya

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