Profit from Killing

Profit from Killing

1964 · 89 min · Crime, Action

The bustling Ikebukuro area was under the control of the Hanamura Kogyo yakuza gang, and there was no end to the violence. The tramp Bin Tsuzuki returns to his hometown after being released from Abashiri prison, and he is noticed when he saves a student from gangsters from the Hanamura gang. But this was only the beginning of a bloody struggle...

Directed by Tokujirō Yamazaki · Written by Ryuzo Nakanishi

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