The Bandits

Action drama about a Japanese gangster in Manchuria circa 1932, who finally joins some Chinese mountain bandits.

Cast

Koji Tsuruta

as Yônosuke Minami

Hiroki Matsukata

as Shinji Miki

Kyōsuke Machida

as Chin Yômei

Tatsuo Endō

as Daisaku Nishikawa

Jūshirō Konoe

as Ryûsei Takayama

Hiroko Sakuramachi

as Kumi Ishizuka

Shigeyoshi Fujioka

as Takeo Akagi

Toshi Amatsu

as Gôhei Sakurai

Rinichi Yamamoto

as Teruo Hamada

Michimaro Otabe

as Tokichi Shimazaki

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