The Heartbreak Yakuza

Top 10 Billed Cast

Kazuya Kimura
Kazuya Kimura

Koichi Sato
佐藤浩市

Daisuke Shima
Daisuke Shima

Rikiya Yasuoka
Rikiya Yasuoka

Yasuo Daichi
Yasuo Daichi

Akira Emoto
柄本明

Hiromi Go
郷ひろみ

Yoshio Harada
Yoshio Harada

Mariko Ishihara
Mariko Ishihara

Tamio Kageyama
Tamio Kageyama

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    A hardened gangster encounters by chance a woman he hasn't seen since childhood. They are both engulfed in the underground world of intergang warfare.

  • Release Date

    1987-01-01

  • Average

    5

  • Rating:

    2.5 starts
  • Tagline

    A modern fable depicted to an early American melody.

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  • Languages:

    日本語
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