
Violent Saturday(1955)
Three men case a small town very carefully, with plans to rob the bank on the upcoming Saturday, which turns violent and deadly.



Ken Takakura
Isamu Tekada

Etsuko Nami

Yoko Hayama

Rinichi Yamamoto

Tanie Kitabayashi

Fumio Watanabe

Tōru Yuri

Haruo Tanaka

Chiaki Tsukioka
Chizuko Nogami
Patience Has An End is a crime, drama film released in 1971 exploring themes of fishermen vs. goons, hometown friends, street peddler. Directed by Yasuo Furuhata, it stars Ken Takakura, Etsuko Nami, Yoko Hayama. Young coal miner Takeda leaves Kyushu in search of a better job in Tokyo, only to fall into the lucrative yet dangerous life of a yakuza.
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