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Drifter Kings On the Border

Drifter Kings On the Border

A tale of fearless youth and fighting.

19912.00h 43m

Overview

Desperate to stay above the poverty line, a pair of hustlers are recruited by a documentary crew to stoke the fires of a yakuza war.

Directed by Noboru Ishiguro
Written by Akira Sada, Garon Tsuchiya
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Top Cast

Yusaku Yara

Yusaku Yara

Hachisuka (voice)

Kenyu Horiuchi

Kenyu Horiuchi

Kubota (voice)

Keiko Yamamoto

Keiko Yamamoto

Baba (voice)

Hiroshi Masuoka

Hiroshi Masuoka

Hirokawa (voice)

Miho Yoshida

Miho Yoshida

Hiroko (voice)

Yûji Machi

Yûji Machi

Kimura (voice)

Shin Aomori

Shin Aomori

Kurokawa (voice)

C

Chiharu Suzuka

Naomi (voice)

Tessyo Genda

Tessyo Genda

Narrator

Tomie Kataoka

Tomie Kataoka

Tomeko (voice)

Themes & Keywords

seinen

About Drifter Kings On the Border

Drifter Kings On the Border is a animation, adventure film released in 1991 exploring themes of seinen. Directed by Noboru Ishiguro, it stars Yusaku Yara, Kenyu Horiuchi, Keiko Yamamoto. Desperate to stay above the poverty line, a pair of hustlers are recruited by a documentary crew to stoke the fires of a yakuza war.

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