Youth of the Beast
Top 10 Billed Cast
Jôji 'Jo' Mizuno
Kumiko Takeshita
Hideo Nomoto
Sawako Miura
Shibata
Gorô Minami
Shigeru Takechi
Tatsuo Nomoto
Yôsuke Ishiyama
Sôichi Ozawa
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