Movie: The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel

Top 8 Billed Cast

Saburo Tokito
時任三郎

Umitsubame Joe

Miwako Fujitani
藤谷美和子

Yoko Tamagi

Kentarō Shimizu
清水健太郎

Sawai

Midori Satsuki
五月みどり

Michi

Yoshio Harada
原田芳雄

Yonamine

Toshirō Mifune
三船敏郎

Fisherman

Izumi Hara
原泉

Grandma in Yonakuni Island

Kunie Tanaka
田中邦衛

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    In Okinawa, a Japanese-Filipino gangster named Joe kills an Okinawan mobster. Joe temporarily escapes the pursuing mob by fleeing to the Philippines, hoping to find there safety and perhaps to link up with his father. He meets Yoko, a saloon girl, who looks after him, but soon Joe's enemies show up, determined to make Joe pay.

  • Release Date

    1984-04-28

  • Average

    6

  • Rating:

    3.0 starts
  • Tagline

    He avenges himself and escapes far south to the Philippines. He lives only for today. That's his youth.

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  • Languages:

    日本語
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