Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle

Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle

1973 · 103 min · ★ 9.0 · Crime, Action

A truck driver arrives in Seoul to receive his dead sister's ashes. While there, he discovers the death may not have been an accident after all, and has something to do with international drug smuggling.

Directed by Sadao Nakajima · Written by Kōji Takada

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