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Dark Society in the East

Dark Society in the East

19936.41h 50m

Overview

A story about the activities of Southeast Asian Mafia gangs in Shinjuku. Ryosuke Kano is an ex French Foreign Legion soldier and is now a cocaine smuggler and dealer. He is acquainted with Larry, a Japanese American, but he turned out to be an undercover cop from New York.

Directed by Akinori Baba
Written by Jiro Ueno, Isao Matsumoto, Teruji Hirakawa
Produced by Kazuyuki Yokoyama, Seiji Inaba
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Top Cast

Koji Yakusho

Koji Yakusho

Ryosuke Kano

Masahiko Kondo

Masahiko Kondo

Nobuhisa Eguchi

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Jessica Lancelott

Susan Darrell

Sawako Kitahara

Sawako Kitahara

Michiyo Katayama

Daisuke Nagakura

Daisuke Nagakura

Kengo Mizushima

Rei Saito

Rei Saito

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Utsugi Iochi

Denden

Denden

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Shinichi Ihara

Kantarō Suga

Kantarō Suga

About Dark Society in the East

Dark Society in the East is a crime film released in 1993. Directed by Akinori Baba, it stars Koji Yakusho, Masahiko Kondo, Jessica Lancelott. A story about the activities of Southeast Asian Mafia gangs in Shinjuku. Ryosuke Kano is an ex French Foreign Legion soldier and is now a cocaine smuggler and dealer. He is acquainted with Larry, a Japanese American, but he turned out to be an undercover cop from New York.

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