Chivalry Broken from All Sides

Chivalry Broken from All Sides

1966 · 76 min · Drama, Crime, Action

This is a magnificent drama about love and chivalry, telling about the stormy fate of Seiji, nicknamed "The Rising Dragon", who swore never to take up a sword again because of the emptiness of the Yakuza's life, and the passionate fate of his named sister Maki, nicknamed "The Scarlet Cherry Blossom", who falls in love with him without suspecting that he was the one who was responsible for her father's death and to whom she should take revenge.

Directed by Motomu Ida · Written by Kei Hattori

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Hideki Takahashi Seiji "The Rising Dragon"
Yumiko Nogawa Maki Nogami
Tonpei Hidari Sanpei
Yōko Yamamoto Koshi
Ichirō Sugai Denkichi
Zenji Yamada Yamada
Jun Negami Tatsu
Akira Nagoya Totsuka
Shinsuke Ashida Kijima

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