A Certain Killer

Nan
1h 22m
1967
6.7 /10 (13)

Overview

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

Country : Japan
Languages : 日本語
Released Date: 1967-04-29

Top Billed Cast

Raizō Ichikawa

Shiozawa

Yumiko Nogawa

Keiko

Mikio Narita

Maeda

Mayumi Nagisa

Shogo

Jōtarō Senba

Tatsuo Matsushita

Owada

Sachiko Kobayashi

Asao Koike

Kimura

Saburo Date

Yūji Hamada

Chikara Hashimoto

Yukio Horikita

Hajime Koshikawa

Gen Kuroki

Yutaro Ban

Tsuyako Okajima

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