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Cruel Story of Youth(1960)
Status: Released
Date: 1960-06-03
67%
61 Votes
Time: 1h 36m
Overview:
A budding gangster enthralls a freeloading young woman, soon taking advantage of her knack for hitch-hiking to rob middle-class, middle-aged men.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Cruel Story of Youth
Top 10 Billed Cast
川津祐介
Kiyoshi
桑野みゆき
Makoto
久我美子
Yuki
渡辺文雄
Akimoto
Toshiko Kobayashi
Teruko
浜村純
Masahiro
佐藤慶
Akira Matsuko
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