Top Cast
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Tomisaburō Wakayama
Shimamura Seikichi
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Minoru Ōki
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Kyōsuke Machida
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Nijiko Kiyokawa
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Bunta Sugawara
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Shingo Yamashiro
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Bin Amatsu
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Asao Uchida
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Hōsei Komatsu
Overview
Shimamura is a violent street thug who joins the yakuza & is merciless & unscrupulous on his rise, lacking any sense of either duty or chivalry. When imprisoned, he is repeatedly transferred from one prison to another, because no one can handle him.
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