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Wild Spirit

Wild Spirit

19671h 29m

Overview

It has been 5 years since Eijiro Kikukawa of the Asakusa Kaminarimon family killed the head of the Suzaki family. Finally he gets out of prison and comes to the city of Odahama, where he had a mistress, Okei, whom he could not forget. He accidentally helped a man named Hanji from the Kurokane family and was received by the family as a guest. And soon Eijiro is involved in a showdown between the yakuza families.

Directed by Kiyoshi Saeki
Written by Eimei Yamamoto, Tako Matsuura, Isao Matsumoto
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Top Cast

Tatsuo Umemiya

Tatsuo Umemiya

Eijiro Kikukawa

Ryō Ikebe

Ryō Ikebe

Kyohei Shigemasa

Hideo Sunazuka

Hideo Sunazuka

Manaita no Hide

Miyuki Kuwano

Miyuki Kuwano

Okei

Jōji Tsurumi

Jōji Tsurumi

Yûkichi

Michitarō Mizushima

Michitarō Mizushima

Ichinosuke

Ryūtarō Tatsumi

Ryūtarō Tatsumi

Mitsuami

Seizaburō Kawazu

Seizaburō Kawazu

Somegorô Kurogane

Hiroshi Nawa

Hiroshi Nawa

Sarumura

Nobuo Yana

Nobuo Yana

Kanbayashi

Themes & Keywords

yakuza

About Wild Spirit

Wild Spirit is a action, crime film released in 1967 exploring themes of yakuza. Directed by Kiyoshi Saeki, it stars Tatsuo Umemiya, Ryō Ikebe, Hideo Sunazuka. It has been 5 years since Eijiro Kikukawa of the Asakusa Kaminarimon family killed the head of the Suzaki family. Finally he gets out of prison and comes to the city of Odahama, where he had a mistress, Okei, whom he could not forget. He accidentally helped a man named Hanji from the Kurokane family and was received by the family as a guest. And soon Eijiro is involved in a showdown between the yakuza families.

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