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The Killing Game

The Killing Game

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The Killing Game

1978

1h 32m

7.5(11 votes)

Action

Drama

Thriller

Overview

The second movie of Tôru Murakawa's "Game" trilogy. After making a sensational hit, a hitman has gone into hiding for five years. When he comes back he bumps into two women that he has spared five years ago. Two rival yakuza bosses hire Narumi to kill the other. Will Narumi's sense of chivalry entrap him again?

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Yūsaku Matsuda

Yūsaku Matsuda

Shohei Narumi

Yutaka Nakajima

Yutaka Nakajima

Misako Tsuyama

Gajirō Satō

Gajirō Satō

Egawa

Kai Ato

Kai Ato

Bunta Izutsu

Hitoshi Ōmae

Ozeki

Kōjirō Kusanagi

Kōjirō Kusanagi

Manji Hanai

Kahori Takeda

Kahori Takeda

Akiko Sakurai

Daisuke Kuwabara

Ninomiya

Kenji Imai

Kenji Imai

Oyama

Kei Satō

Kei Satō

Shoichi Katsuda

Creative team

Directed by: Tōru Murakawa
Written by: Koji Harima
Susumu Saji
Produced by: Mitsuru Kurosawa
Ryoji Ito

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