Movie: The Execution Game

Top 10 Billed Cast

Yūsaku Matsuda
松田優作

Shohei Narumi

Aiko Morishita
森下愛子

Keiko Tayama

Lily
りりィ

Naoko

Yoshirō Aoki
青木義朗

Okajima

Ryuji Katagiri
片桐竜次

Kei Satō
佐藤慶

Michihiro Yamanishi
山西道広

Kōjirō Kusanagi
草薙幸二郎

Hiroshi Shimizu
清水宏

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    The third movie in Tōru Murakawa's Game trilogy about a hitman. Narumi is set up by a mysterious woman. Abducted and tortured, Narumi is forced to take on a difficult job. The target is a veteran killer as good as him.

  • Release Date

    1979-11-17

  • Average

    7.45

  • Rating:

    3.7 starts
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  • Languages:

    日本語
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