Yakuza Graveyard
Oct 30 1976
•2h 37m
•Action, Crime, Drama
A police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in negotiations with certain factions, he sides with his own syndicate of choice.
Cast
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Tetsuya Watari
Ryu Kuroiwa
Meiko Kaji
Keiko Matsunaga
Jirô Chiba
Wakamoto Hideo
Hideo Murota
Detective Inspector Hidaka Yoshito
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