

Overview
The plot opens with the hero (Tsuruta) leaving prison, having served time through taking the blame for a fellow gang member’s crime. However, his former gang boss seems to have gone to seed, with people now killing each other and dealing in drugs. The hero then teams up with a lone operator (Tamba) who specialises in shaking down gangsters.
Top Cast

Koji Tsuruta

Tatsuo Umemiya

Yoshiko Mita

Machiko Yashiro
Kazuko Matsuo

Harumi Sone

Nobuo Yana

Akikane Sawa

Hideo Ko

Seiichirō Kameishi

Kōji Mitsui

Kō Nishimura
Key Film Crew
Production Stats
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