Two Lives, Two Yakuza (1964)

Two Lives, Two Yakuza (1964)

1964-09-23 Japan 99 Min. PG-13
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Overview

An early ninkyo film from before the genre had truly established its form. Koji Tsuruta plays an honourable outlaw who saves an older man from an ambush. It turns out the man is the head of a hard working clan appointed to a railway construction project. A ruthless yakuza gang is also trying to get their share of the project and attempts to sabotage the work. After the old man dies, his son (Sonny Chiba) and daughter (Junko Fuji) try to complete the project. Tsuruta joins them while also falling in love with a local woman working in a bar (after all, Tsuruta always was more of a lover than his stoic colleague Takakura).

Cast

鶴田浩二 is Shinjiro Kusakari
Shinjiro Kusakari
富司純子 is Yukiko Matsuhashi
Yukiko Matsuhashi
天知茂 is Seiji Nawate
Seiji Nawate
加藤武 is Makoto Misugi
Makoto Misugi
柳永二郎 is Genichiro Matsuhashi
Genichiro Matsuhashi
千葉真一 is Shinichi Matsuhashi
Shinichi Matsuhashi
佐久間良子 is Kumi Kitajima
Kumi Kitajima