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


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.

Koji Yakusho
Ryosuke Kano

Masahiko Kondo
Nobuhisa Eguchi
Jessica Lancelott
Susan Darrell

Sawako Kitahara
Michiyo Katayama

Daisuke Nagakura
Kengo Mizushima

Rei Saito
Utsugi Iochi

Denden
Shinichi Ihara

Kantarō Suga
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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