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Cruel Gun Story
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Cruel Gun Story

1964-02-01 · 87 min · ★ 6.8

Action · Crime · Thriller

Businessmen arrange the early release from prison of Togawa, serving time for taking revenge on the truck driver whose carelessness confined Togawa's sister, Rie, to a wheelchair. They want Togawa to hijack an armored truck loaded with 120 million yen; their leverage is to promise him money for surgery for Rie. Togawa consents and plans the heist with three others. The plan is solid, but it doesn't go smoothly. Togawa must improvise, there are traitors somewhere, and double-crosses mount. Can Togawa escape with enough money to help his sister and ensure a passage out of Japan?

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Directors
Takumi Furukawa
Production companies
Nikkatsu Corporation
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Joe ShishidoJoe ShishidoTogawa
Chieko MatsubaraChieko MatsubaraRie
Tamio KawachiTamio KawachiTakizawa
Yuji OdakaYuji OdakaShirai
Minako KozukiKeiko
Shōbun InoueShōbun InoueOkada
Zenji YamadaZenji Yamada
Yuzo KiuraYuzo Kiura
Kōichi UenoyamaKōichi Uenoyama
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagiHiroshi Nihon'yanagiMatsumoto
Hiroshi KondōHiroshi KondōKondo
Saburo HiromatsuSaburo HiromatsuSaeki
Junichi YamanobeYanagida
Kōtarō Sugie
Yasukiyo UmenoYasukiyo Umeno
Jun Miyazaki
Kōjirō KusanagiKōjirō Kusanagi
Shuntaro Tamamura
Masaru Kamiyama
Kōji YashiroKōji Yashiro

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