Youth of the Beast

When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with violence.

Cast

Jō Shishido

as Jôji 'Jo' Mizuno

Misako Watanabe

as Kumiko Takeshita

Tamio Kawachi

as Hideo Nomoto

Minako Katsuki

as Sawako Miura

Daizaburo Hirata

as Shibata

Eimei Esumi

as Gorô Minami

Eiji Gō

as Shigeru Takechi

Akiji Kobayashi

as Tatsuo Nomoto

Masao Shimizu

as Yôsuke Ishiyama

Nobuo Kaneko

as Sôichi Ozawa

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