Movie: Song of Sado

Top 10 Billed Cast

Raizō Ichikawa
市川雷蔵

Yukio Hashi
橋幸夫

Yoshie Mizutani
水谷八重子(二代目)

Yuko Miki
Yuko Miki

Junko Kozakura
Junko Kozakura

Ryūzō Shimada
島田竜三

Ganjirô Nakamura I
Ganjirô Nakamura I

Ikuko Mōri
毛利郁子

Yūsaku Terashima
寺島雄作

Eigorō Onoe
尾上栄五郎

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    Sentaro (Raizo Ichikawa) from Ipponmatsu sets out to commit evil and gain dignity, but his good-natured nature does not allow him to do anything bad. Along the way, Sentaro saves a young woman named Okimi (Yuko Miki) from a bad womanizer and meets a Yakuza named Katsugoro (Yoshie Mizutani). He then visits Katsugoro boss Kanjiro Inariyama (Ganjiro Nakamura II) to train to be a yakuza, but to his surprise discovers that Katsugoro is Kanjiro's only daughter, Okatsu. He also finds out that the young yakuza working in Kanjiro's house is his younger brother Hanji (Yukio Hashi). Then the Shigezo family, who had been annoying Kanjiro for a long time, set fire to his gambling hall!

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    1961-07-19

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    10

  • Rating:

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    日本語
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