Blood of Revenge

Blood of Revenge

1965 · 91 min · ★ 6.7 · Action

Osaka, 1907: Asajiro lives between a rock and a hard place: he has to keep his business clean and running, tame his late oyabun’s hot-blooded son and suffer the throes of his impossible love for beautiful geisha Hatsue.

Directed by Tai Katō · Written by Akira Murao

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