A Certain Killer

A Certain Killer

1967 · 82 min · ★ 6.9 · Drama, Crime

A former soldier, reduced to working at a restaurant post-war, becomes a contract killer for the yakuza gangs he's in contact with.

Directed by Kazuo Mori · Written by Yasuzō Masumura

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