The Killing Game

The Killing Game

1978 · 92 min · ★ 7.5 · Action, Drama, Thriller

The second movie of Tôru Murakawa's "Game" trilogy. After making a sensational hit, a hitman has gone into hiding for five years. When he comes back he bumps into two women that he has spared five years ago. Two rival yakuza bosses hire Narumi to kill the other. Will Narumi's sense of chivalry entrap him again?

Directed by Tōru Murakawa · Written by Koji Harima

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