The Great Villains
Feb 24 1968
•2h 33m
•Action, Crime
Psychological action drama about the activities of a corrupt lawyer.
Cast
See allJirō Tamiya
Nihei Tokuda
Kei Satō
Ichiro Yasui
Mako Midori
Yoshiko Ota
Isao Kuraishi
Teruo Shima
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