
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades(1972)
Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by Yakuza in order to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain.


“Witness a battle no one has ever seen.”
A group of ruthless gangsters, an unknown woman and an escaped convict have met, in The Forest of Resurrection, the 444th portal to the other side. Their troubles start when those once killed and buried in the forest come back from the dead.

Tak Sakaguchi
Prisoner KSC2-303

Hideo Sakaki
The Man

Kenji Matsuda
Yakuza Leader with Butterfly Knife

Minoru Matsumoto
Crazy Yakuza with Amulet
Yuichiro Arai
Motorcycle-riding Yakuza with Revolver

Chieko Misaka
The Girl
Kazuhito Ohba
Yakuza with Glasses
Takehiro Katayama
Red-haired Assassin
Ayumi Yoshihara
Long-haired Female Assassin

Shoichiro Masumoto
One-handed Cop
Versus is a horror, fantasy, action, thriller, adventure film released in 2000 exploring themes of japan, samurai, yakuza, forest, escaped convict, zombie. Directed by Ryuhei Kitamura, it stars Tak Sakaguchi, Hideo Sakaki, Kenji Matsuda. A group of ruthless gangsters, an unknown woman and an escaped convict have met, in The Forest of Resurrection, the 444th portal to the other side. Their troubles start when those once killed and buried in the forest come back from the dead.
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