Two Lives, Two Yakuza

Synopsis

An early ninkyo film from before the genre had truly established its form. Koji Tsuruta plays an honourable outlaw who saves an older man from an ambush. It turns out the man is the head of a hard working clan appointed to a railway construction project. A ruthless yakuza gang is also trying to get their share of the project and attempts to sabotage the work. After the old man dies, his son (Sonny Chiba) and daughter (Junko Fuji) try to complete the project. Tsuruta joins them while also falling in love with a local woman working in a bar (after all, Tsuruta always was more of a lover than his stoic colleague Takakura).

Main Cast

Koji Tsuruta

Shinjiro Kusakari

Age : N/A | Popularity : 24%

Sumiko Fuji

Yukiko Matsuhashi

Age : N/A | Popularity : 37%

Shigeru Amachi

Seiji Nawate

Age : N/A | Popularity : 37%

Takeshi Katō

Makoto Misugi

Age : N/A | Popularity : 37%

Eijirō Yanagi

Genichiro Matsuhashi

Age : N/A | Popularity : 17%

Sonny Chiba

Shinichi Matsuhashi

Age : N/A | Popularity : 87%

Yoshiko Sakuma

Kumi Kitajima

Age : N/A | Popularity : 69%

Kenji Ushio

Age : N/A | Popularity : 22%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Screenplay	Akira Murao
	Original Story	Shunsaku Iwashita
Crew	Cinematography	Shichirô Hayashi
Sound	Music	Chūji Kinoshita
Directing	Director	Tsuneo Kobayashi
Art	Production Design	Suguru Tanabe
Department	Role	Name

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