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Sworn Brothers(1969)
Status: Released
Date: 1969-02-22
83%
3 Votes
Time: 1h 30m
Overview:
Ichikawa Raizo’s last film. He plays a Yakuza enforcer who kills a man on his boss's orders. He’s then sent to a provincial town to lie low, only to be caught in another war orchestrated by his original boss who has set him up.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Sworn Brothers
Top 10 Billed Cast
市川雷蔵
Jokichi Sakurada
近衛十四郎
Kojiro
長谷川待子
Hatsu
金田龍之介
Kitamatsu Itizou
金内吉男
Wajima
石山健二郎
富田仲次郎
Sugitani Risaburou
遠藤太津朗
Gozo
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Overview
Ichikawa Raizo’s last film. He plays a Yakuza enforcer who kills a man on his boss's orders. He’s then sent to a provincial town to lie low, only to be caught in another war orchestrated by his original boss who has set him up.
Release Date
1969-02-22
Average
8.3
Rating:
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