The Gun Like Lightning

The Gun Like Lightning

1960 · 86 min · Action

A young yakuza just released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, a police inspector determined to clean up the corruption in his own hometown, and a deranged assassin who lives to kill collide in a port town overrun by rival gangs, with two women, both stuck in relationships they are trying to escape from, stuck in-between.

Directed by Haruyasu Noguchi · Written by Kenrō Matsuura

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