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Eighteen Years in Prison

Eighteen Years in Prison

19678.71h 31m

Overview

A former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes and goes on to become a gangster, but their paths cross again as they both fall in love with the same woman.

Directed by Tai Katō
Written by Kazuo Kasahara, Shin Morita
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Noboru Andō

Kawada

Asao Koike

Asao Koike

Tsukada

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Warden

Hiroko Sakuramachi

Hiroko Sakuramachi

Hisako

Masaomi Kondo

Masaomi Kondo

Suichi

Shingo Yamashiro

Shingo Yamashiro

Michitarō Mizushima

Michitarō Mizushima

Hōsei Komatsu

Hōsei Komatsu

Minoru Hodaka

Minoru Hodaka

Kin Sugai

Kin Sugai

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Themes & Keywords

yakuza

About Eighteen Years in Prison

Eighteen Years in Prison is a drama, crime film released in 1967 exploring themes of yakuza. Directed by Tai Katō, it stars Noboru Andō, Asao Koike, Tomisaburō Wakayama. A former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes and goes on to become a gangster, but their paths cross again as they both fall in love with the same woman.

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