The Tattooed Hitman
6.3
“Bloodshed Is My Business”
The most dangerous hired gun in Kyushu's underworld has managed to trigger a vicious gang war, and now, there's a contract on his life. Though nobody is more skilled in the arts of dealing death, can the tattooed hitman fend off the entire Japanese mafia as he searches for the man who wants him dead?
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Cast
67 people
Bunta Sugawara
Ginji Yozokura
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Mayumi Nagisa
Fusako Ando
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Tsunehiko Watase
Kenichi Furuta
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Tatsuo Umemiya
Ichiro Ishino
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Hiroki Matsukata
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Kei Satō
Yukio Yamaji
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Takashi Shimura
Bukichi Oura
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Gorō Ibuki
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Masahiko Tsugawa
Kan'ichi Sekimoto
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Gorō Ōki
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Kinji Nakamura
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Hideo Murota
Takeshi Daito
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Kōsaku Yamashita Director · Kōji Takada Screenplay Koichi Iiboshi Story
Worldwide gross $2.7M · First release April 27, 1974 · Produced in Japan
Box office
Worldwide gross
$2,735,000
Production
Toei Company
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
山口組外伝 九州進攻作戦
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese · Korean
Release dates
Japan · April 27, 1974
Theatrical · Japanese
No release date listed for United States.
Japan
January 28, 1977 · Theatrical · English · Released dubbed into English and heavily edited.
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