Duel in the Storm
1968 · 93 min · ★ 10.0 · Action, Crime, Drama
It is the Taisho era in Japan. A man has quit the Yakuza after five years and returned to Shikoku in order to begin his life anew as a ferryman. His boss, however, became ill and the boat is taken due to unpaid debts to the local thugs. His new life has not begun well and he is determined to rebuild the shattered business. The Yakuza, however, have added the ferry business to the rest of their portfolio of local concerns.
Directed by Akinori Matsuo · Written by Seiji Hoshikawa
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Akira Kobayashi Seijiro Tamimura -
Hideki Takahashi Naoaki Yagiri -
Ryotaro Sugi Sakichi Kawanaga -
Yumiko Nogawa Okyô Kawanaga -
Ichirō Sugai Jisuke Sawaiya -
Yōko Yamamoto Koyuki -
Hiroshi Kondō Tamezo Hondo -
Kenji Imai Shimazo Hondo -
Masahiko Tanimura Hokke-Masa -
Shirō Yanase Sohachi -
Keisuke Noro Ginji -
Yūji Hori Botanya
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