Newly out of prison after killing his boss' rival, Akio Maki is eager to move on and start a new life with the boss' daughter. However, the chains of the past are not so easily broken and Maki is soon ordered to kill again.
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Cast
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Yūjirō Ishihara
Akio Maki
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Yukiyo Toake
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Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Chisako Kayama
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Ichirō Nakatani
Tetsuji Onuki
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Gorō Tarumi
Otsuki
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Tatsuya Fuji
Kayama
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Asao Sano
Ryusaku
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Yuji Odaka
Ozaki
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Isao Yamagata
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Shirō Ōsaka
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Tamae Isobe
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Yoshihiro Nakadai
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Front Row Life
Mio Ezaki Director · Gan Yamazaki Writer Hisataka Kai Writer
First release December 31, 1964 · Produced in Japan · Original title 黒い海峡
Production
Nikkatsu Corporation
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Japan
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Original title
黒い海峡
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · December 31, 1964
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No release date listed for United States.
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