Synopsis
A newspaper reporter's search for his girlfriend's missing father lead him into heart of the criminal underworld of Yokohama's Chinatown.
Movie Information
- Director
- Seijun Suzuki
- Writers
- Ichirō Ikeda
- Release Year
- 1960
- Runtime
- 86 minutes
- Genre
- Action, Crime
- Language
- JA
- Country
- Japan
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 (12 votes)
Top Cast
Hiroyuki Nagato
Shotaro Kasai
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Keiko Ueki
Shoichi Ozawa
Reporter Horibe
Shinsuke Ashida
Junpei Ueki
Hisano Yamaoka
Hisa Ueki
Tsutomu Shimomoto
Nagamine
Kōjirō Kusanagi
Komatsu Hiroshi
Keisuke Noro
Wang
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