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Two Lives, Two Yakuza

0% | Sep 23, 1964 | Crime, Drama

An early ninkyo film from before the genre had truly established its form. Koji Tsuruta plays an honourable outlaw who saves an older man from an ambush. It turns out the man is the head of a hard working clan appointed to a railway construction project. A ruthless yakuza gang is also trying to get their share of the project and attempts to sabotage the work. After the old man dies, his son (Sonny Chiba) and daughter (Junko Fuji) try to complete the project. Tsuruta joins them while also falling in love with a local woman working in a bar (after all, Tsuruta always was more of a lover than his stoic colleague Takakura).

Featured Crew

Akira Murao
Screenplay
Shunsaku Iwashita
Original Story

Cast

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Koji Tsuruta
Shinjiro Kusakari
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Sumiko Fuji
Yukiko Matsuhashi
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Shigeru Amachi
Seiji Nawate
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Takeshi Katō
Makoto Misugi
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Eijirō Yanagi
Genichiro Matsuhashi

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