Movie: Rope and Boys 2: Boy Hell's Messenger

Top 10 Billed Cast

Chiaki Nanjô
Chiaki Nanjô

Kiryu, reporter

Takashi Tsugawa
Takashi Tsugawa

Katsumi Kudo
Katsumi Kudo

Issei Nagase
Issei Nagase

Hanjiro Nakamura
Hanjiro Nakamura

Kazuhito Ohba
大場一史

Shirō Shimomoto
下元史朗

Yutaka Ikejima
池島ゆたか

Ami Takatori
たかとりあみ

Kazunori Shibuya
Kazunori Shibuya

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    A magazine reporter is told to investigate the murder of a young man with ties to the gay S&M scene.

  • Release Date

    1988-09-01

  • Average

    3

  • Rating:

    1.5 starts
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    日本語
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