The Sea of Genkai
Two yakuza, one of whom frequently reflects on an uncomfortable past taking advantage of Korean women, meet a stowaway on Japanese soil from across the Genkai Sea.
Two yakuza, one of whom frequently reflects on an uncomfortable past taking advantage of Korean women, meet a stowaway on Japanese soil from across the Genkai Sea.
Noboru Andō
Kondo
Jinpachi Nezu
Yakuzu
Reisen Ri
Shunsen
Joe Shishido
Sawaki
Tomoko Mayama
Hōsei Komatsu
Bin Amatsu
Renji Ishibashi
Fujio Tokita
Two yakuza, one of whom frequently reflects on an uncomfortable past taking advantage of Korean women, meet a stowaway on Japanese soil from across the Genkai Sea.
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