The Black Battlefront Kidnappers

A taut, economical policier-cum-gang-hostage thriller.

Cast

Hiroshi Fujioka

as Akira Funaki

Junzaburō Ban

as Chôtarô Funaki

Mayumi Nagisa

as Miyako Aoyama

Sumio Tomikawa

as Masaya Ayakôji

Yoshizō Yamaguchi

as Kô Hanamori

Kazutaka Sugawara

as Satoru Haraguchi

Mariko Nakamura

as Yasuko Komori

Yoshio Inaba

as Onimaru

Kazuo Katō

as Dan

Jun'ichirô Oki

as Aoi

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