Brothers Serving Time
1969 · 96 min · ★ 8.0 · Crime, Drama
While imprisoned, Tatsu encounters Danshi, a man who is a big honcho in the prison pecking order. After initial conflict they become sworn brothers. Tatsu and the sworn brothers he acquires weren’t really gangsters before their prison time, just ruffians. Prison, however, introduces them to plenty of gangland characters and three years later, they’re out of prison and enmeshed in the yakuza world.
Directed by Kiyoshi Saeki · Written by Yoshihiro Ishimatsu
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Ken Takakura -
Bunta Sugawara Tatsuo Yaguchi -
Kyōsuke Machida Danshichi -
Tomisaburō Wakayama -
Ryōji Hayama -
Michitarō Mizushima Matsui -
Machiko Yashiro -
Bin Amatsu -
Tatsuo Endō -
Keiji Takamiya -
Nobuo Yana - Y Yoshinobu Hirose Santa
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