
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun(1981)
A high-school girl inherits a declining yakuza organization, which seeks to repair its fortunes under her leadership.


Tetsuya Watari
Goro Takei

Bunjaku Han
Kyoko Miyamoto

Shima Iwashita
Rika
Yoshiaki Aoki

Shinsuke Ashida

Takashi Fujiki

Shōki Fukae

Shirō Yanase
Noboru Nakata

Shunsuke Kariya
Law of the Outlaw is a drama, action, crime film released in 1971 exploring themes of yakuza. Directed by Toshio Masuda, it stars Tetsuya Watari, Bunjaku Han, Shima Iwashita. Takei Goro leaves the gang to quit the yakuza world, but the gang won't allow it and relentlessly pursues Takei. This is Watari Tetsuya's first film to star in Shochiku.
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