The Pledge
Genres
Overview
When Omuro Yahachi of the Omuro family is selected as Mutsumikai Soke's successor, the conflict between the Kitakyushu and Wakamatsu begins.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
103 min
Release Date
1972-07-30
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
5
Vote Average
5
Koji Tsuruta
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Bunta Sugawara
Yūko Hamada
Hiroki Matsukata
Junko Matsudaira
Gorō Ibuki
Tatsuo Endō
Akira Shioji
Ryūtarō Tatsumi
Ryūko Azuma
Nobuo Kaneko
Takashi Noguchi
Hiroshi Kubo
Isao Takanami
Keiichi Kitagawa
Tomiko Ishii
Masaharu Arikawa
Takuzō Kawatani
Masataka Iwao
Kenji Ushio
Asao Uchida
Michimaro Otabe
Masaru Shiga
Ryō Nishida
Takuji Aoki
Ken Takakura
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5.3
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