Velvet Hustler
6.6
“Killing is easy; love is murder.”
A young yakuza hitman named Goro does a job and needs to hideout away from Tokyo for a while. He hangs out with loose women and hard men and always manages to stay one step ahead of the law. In his exile, he comes under suspicion for a murder and meets the girlfriend of the murdered man. They develop a strange bond while unbeknown to Goro, another hitman is after him for the job he did in Tokyo.
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Cast
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Tetsuya Watari
Goro
Known for
Tokyo Drifter
Graveyard of Honor
Ruriko Asaoka
Known for
Goyokin
Toshio Masuda
Also in
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Kaneo Ikegami
Shinya Inoue
Ikutake Sonoda
Joe Shishido
Known for
Branded to Kill
Youth of the Beast
Hajime Kaburagi
Ryotaro Sugi
Known for
A Colt is My Passport
Takeo Kimura
Chiyo Okumura
Also in
Dreams Come True at Night
Your Favourite
Kuratarô Takamura
Toshio Masuda Director · Kaneo Ikegami Writer Hajime Kaburagi Composer
First release October 10, 1967 · Produced in Japan · Original title 紅の流れ星
Production
Nikkatsu Corporation
Production
Japan
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Original title
紅の流れ星
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · October 10, 1967
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
July 12, 2008 · Fantasia Film Festival
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