
Battles Without Honor and Humanity(1973)
In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.


Isao Natsuyagi

Yoko Shimada

Mitsuko Oka

Edward James Olmos

Akira Nakao

Katsu Ryūzaki

Shin Kishida

Yoko Natsuki

Kumi Taguchi

Tamaki Sawa
Dead Angle is a crime, thriller, drama film released in 1979 exploring themes of yakuza, financial crisis, post war japan, high finance. Directed by Tōru Murakawa, it stars Isao Natsuyagi, Yoko Shimada, Mitsuko Oka. Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.
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