Wounded Angels

Wounded Angels

1974 · 1 season · 26 eps · ★ 10.0 · Action & Adventure, Crime, Comedy, Drama

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Two lovable idiot "private detectives" (or at least, that's their cover story —more like gangsters) try to make ends meet on the mean streets of Tokyo.

Directed by Eiichi Kudō · Written by Shin'ichi Ichikawa

Network: Nippon News Network

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