Young writer Tamako, who is wrongfully accused of killing the head yakuza, must find a way out of trouble.
Hiroko Yakushimaru
Tamako Arisugawa
Kyôhei Shibata
Eiji Nakai
Michiko Kawai
Hiromi Kudo
Yosuke Tagawa
Hashimoto
Kentarō Shimizu
Takeshi
Isao Bitō
Policeman
Johnny Ohkura
Subway staff
Jun Togawa
Aya (Stylist)
Minori Terada
Man at the police station
Midori Kiuchi
Makiko
Like a Savage is a thriller film released in 1985. Directed by Tōru Kawashima, it stars Hiroko Yakushimaru, Kyôhei Shibata, Michiko Kawai. Young writer Tamako, who is wrongfully accused of killing the head yakuza, must find a way out of trouble.
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