Sworn Brothers

Sworn Brothers

1969 · 90 min · ★ 8.3 · Crime, Drama

Ichikawa Raizo’s last film. He plays a Yakuza enforcer who kills a man on his boss's orders. He’s then sent to a provincial town to lie low, only to be caught in another war orchestrated by his original boss who has set him up.

Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda · Written by Kōji Takada

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