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Retreat Through the Wet Wasteland

Retreat Through the Wet Wasteland

19733.51h 13m

Overview

A group of corrupt police detectives go on a manhunt for an ex-collogue who they believe could blow their whole rotten operation wide open.

Directed by Yukihiro Sawada
Written by Kazuhiko Hasegawa
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Top Cast

Takeo Chii

Takeo Chii

Gorō Harada

Hirokazu Inoue

Hirokazu Inoue

Kenichi Nakamura

Akira Takahashi

Akira Takahashi

Setsuko Ōyama

Setsuko Ōyama

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Takako Makihara

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Masako Minami

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Toshizō Kudō

Y

Yoshihiko Tabata

Y

Yoshiaki Taniguchi

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Seiji Himuro

Themes & Keywords

rapecorruptionpolicepolice corruptionvietnamese refugeescrooked copsroman porno

About Retreat Through the Wet Wasteland

Retreat Through the Wet Wasteland is a action, crime film released in 1973 exploring themes of rape, corruption, police, police corruption, vietnamese refugees, crooked cops. Directed by Yukihiro Sawada, it stars Takeo Chii, Hirokazu Inoue, Akira Takahashi. A group of corrupt police detectives go on a manhunt for an ex-collogue who they believe could blow their whole rotten operation wide open.

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