
Pigs and Battleships(1961)
In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.


A former soldier, reduced to working at a restaurant post-war, becomes a contract killer for the yakuza gangs he's in contact with.

Raizō Ichikawa
Shiozawa

Yumiko Nogawa
Keiko

Mikio Narita
Maeda

Mayumi Nagisa
Shogo

Jōtarō Senba
Tatsuo Matsushita
Owada

Sachiko Kobayashi

Asao Koike
Kimura

Saburo Date

Yūji Hamada
A Certain Killer is a drama, crime film released in 1967 exploring themes of japan, hitman, yakuza, post war japan, drug deal. Directed by Kazuo Mori, it stars Raizō Ichikawa, Yumiko Nogawa, Mikio Narita. A former soldier, reduced to working at a restaurant post-war, becomes a contract killer for the yakuza gangs he's in contact with.
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