
Vengeance Is Mine(1979)
A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.

Two young crooks who scam betters in the race track are employed by a yakuza gang called the Shigemori Syndicate to steal a shipment of handguns from a rival gang. Somewhere in the process they find themselves on the run from their own gang and one of them becomes himself romantically entangled with the boss's girlfriend. An ambitious underboss of the gang offers them a way out if they murder the previous boss but things don't turn out as planned (for everyone).

Teruo Yoshida
Shin'ichi

Yōko Mihara
Yumi

Shigeru Amachi
Kuroiwa
Jun Kambayashi
Sabu
Den Kunikata
Kindaichi
Kôichi Miya
Kyôji

Jun Tazaki
Shigemune
Ryuji Wakamiya
Koyama

Jun Ōtomo
Naganuma
Keiko Tachibana
Kyôko
Fire Line is a crime, drama film released in 1961 exploring themes of japanese noir. Directed by Hiromichi Takebe, it stars Teruo Yoshida, Yōko Mihara, Shigeru Amachi. Two young crooks who scam betters in the race track are employed by a yakuza gang called the Shigemori Syndicate to steal a shipment of handguns from a rival gang. Somewhere in the process they find themselves on the run from their own gang and one of them becomes himself romantically entangled with the boss's girlfriend. An ambitious underboss of the gang offers them a way out if they murder the previous boss but things don't turn out as planned (for everyone).
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