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Glorious Fights
Glorious Fights

Glorious Fights

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A young leader of the Yamazaki family of Nagasaki, Takida (Ken Takakura) is an A-bomb survivor. He fiercely battles violent elements in southern Japan like there is no tomorrow.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

91 mins

Rating

7/10

Release Date

29 October 1966

Country

Japan

Cast

Ken Takakura

Ken Takakura

Ichiro Takita

Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni

Genichiro Gunji

Yukiyo Toake

Yukiyo Toake

Yuki Iwamura

Yôko Minamida

Yôko Minamida

Akemi

Kei Satō

Kei Satō

Yuzo Gondo

Kenji Imai

Kenji Imai

Shingo Kitajima

Seizaburō Kawazu

Seizaburō Kawazu

Takeo Yamazaki

Kazuyoshi Kushida

Kazuyoshi Kushida

Akira Iwamura

Renji Ishibashi

Renji Ishibashi

Jiro

Kazuko Minagawa

Kazuko Minagawa

Yoshiko

Keiko Kuni

Keiko Kuni

Kōji Sekiyama

Kōji Sekiyama

Nenji Kobayashi

Nenji Kobayashi

Mitsuo Andō

Mitsuo Andō

Eiji Takahashi

Eiji Takahashi

Nobuo Yana

Nobuo Yana

Tomotaka Ueda

Tomotaka Ueda

Akikane Sawa

Akikane Sawa

Genji Kawai

Genji Kawai

Akira Katayama

Akira Katayama

Takashi Tabata

Takashi Tabata

Katsuo Tagawa

Katsuo Tagawa

Seiya Satō

Seiya Satō

Keiichi Kitagawa

Keiichi Kitagawa

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