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is a 1960 yakuza film
Yakuza film
is a popular film genre in Japanese cinema which focuses on the lives and dealings of yakuza, also referred to as the Japanese Mafia.-Ninkyo eiga:...

 directed by Yasuzo Masumura
Yasuzo Masumura
was a Japanese film director.Masumura was born in Kōfu on Honshū. After dropping out of a law course at the University of Tokyo he worked as an assistant director at the Daiei studio, later returning to university to study philosophy; he graduated in 1949...

 and starring Yukio Mishima
Yukio Mishima
was the pen name of , a Japanese author, poet, playwright, actor and film director, also remembered for his ritual suicide by seppuku after a failed coup d'état...

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Cast

  • Yukio Mishima
    Yukio Mishima
    was the pen name of , a Japanese author, poet, playwright, actor and film director, also remembered for his ritual suicide by seppuku after a failed coup d'état...

     - Takeo Asahina
  • Ayako Wakao
    Ayako Wakao
    is a Japanese actress. Contracted to Daiei Studios in 1951 as part of the fifth "New Face" group, she often appeared in the films of director Yasuzo Masumura...

     - Yoshie Koizumi
  • Keizo Kawasaki - Shoichi Koizumi
  • Eiji Funakoshi
    Eiji Funakoshi
    was a Japanese actor. He received the Kinema Junpo Awards for Best Actor and the Mainichi Film Concours for Best Actor for his performance in Fires on the Plain.-Biography:...

     - Susumu Aikawa
  • Takashi Shimura
    Takashi Shimura
    was a Japanese actor.He was born in Ikuno, Hyogo, Japan.His debut as actor was the film Akanishi Kakita and cast in the Kenji Mizoguchi's film Osaka Elegy ....

     - Gohei Hirayama
  • Yaeko Mizutani - Masako Katori
  • Michiko Ono - Ayako Takatsu
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