Tattooed Life

After his own gang sets him up to kill a rival mobster, a hit man is forced to flee with his younger brother.

Cast

Hideki Takahashi

as Murakami Tetsutaro

Masako Izumi

as Kinoshita Midori

Akira Yamanouchi

as Kinoshita Yuzo

Yuji Odaka

as Ezaki Osamu

Kotobuki Hananomoto

as Murakami Kenji

Hiroko Itō

as Kinoshita Masayo

Kayo Matsuo

as Oyuki

Hōsei Komatsu

as Yamano Senkichi

Kaku Takashina

as Tsuneyoshi

Michio Hino

as Tokuhira

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