Onihei Crime Files Special: Bandits

Onihei Crime Files Special: Bandits

2006 · 95 min · Drama, Crime

An old thief, Kuhei Sagiwara, used to visit his hometown at the foot of the Kurikara Pass in Kaga Province. Hiding from the rain, he overheard a secret conversation between three men, just like him, hiding from the rain. These three conspired to kill Heizo Hasegawa, the head of the arson and robbery police squad, and the head of these three is the outrageous villain, thief and murderer Jingoro Amikiri...

Directed by Akira Inoue · Written by Motomu Furuta

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