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Patience Has An End

Patience Has An End

19715.71h 50m

Overview

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.

Directed by Yasuo Furuhata
Written by Shunya Ito, Shinichiro Sawai
Produced by Kōji Shundō, Hisashi Yabe
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Top Cast

Ken Takakura

Ken Takakura

Isamu Tekada

Etsuko Nami

Etsuko Nami

Yoko Hayama

Yoko Hayama

Rinichi Yamamoto

Rinichi Yamamoto

Tanie Kitabayashi

Tanie Kitabayashi

Fumio Watanabe

Fumio Watanabe

Tōru Yuri

Tōru Yuri

Haruo Tanaka

Haruo Tanaka

Chiaki Tsukioka

Chiaki Tsukioka

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Chizuko Nogami

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Themes & Keywords

fishermen vs. goonshometown friendsstreet peddler

About Patience Has An End

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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