Ryuji, the Gun Slinger

Ryuji, the Gun Slinger

1960 · 86 min · ★ 8.0 · Action, Crime

When Ryuji - the Gun Slinger, a drug addict leaves hospital to which he was taken after a gunfight by a notorious killer named Gin of Colt, he is employed as a bodyguard by Yo Sangen, chief of a narcotics smuggling ring.

Directed by Haruyasu Noguchi · Written by Gan Yamazaki

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