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Underworld Beauty
Underworld Beauty

Underworld Beauty

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The moment he's released from prison, the honorable gangster Miyamoto recovers the stolen diamonds he had stashed before getting pinched. When he returns to his haunt to make good by friend who took a bullet for him, he is diverted by the greedy boss Oyane and his insatiable taste for Miyamoto's precious stones.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

87 mins

Rating

5/10

Release Date

25 March 1958

Country

Japan

Cast

Michitarō Mizushima

Michitarō Mizushima

Miyamoto

Mari Shiraki

Mari Shiraki

Akiko

Hideaki Nitani

Hideaki Nitani

Detective Watanabe

Shinsuke Ashida

Shinsuke Ashida

Ôyane

Hiroshi Kondō

Hiroshi Kondō

Arita

Kaku Takashina

Kaku Takashina

Ozawa

Tōru Abe

Tōru Abe

Mihara

Bumon Kahara

Bumon Kahara

Hatano

Keisuke Yukioka

Keisuke Yukioka

Jun Miyazaki

Jun Miyazaki

Yoneyama

Shōki Fukae

Shōki Fukae

Fujita

Seijiro Takano

Seijiro Takano

Police Officer

Zenji Yamada

Zenji Yamada

Setsuko Amamiya

Setsuko Amamiya

Keiko

Ryusei Ito

Ryusei Ito

Artisan

Tomio Aoki

Tomio Aoki

Artisan

Kazuo Mihara

Kazuo Mihara

Detective

Kazuo Kinugasa

Kazuo Kinugasa

Hiroshi Chō

Hiroshi Chō

Driver

Daisuke Ōmi

Daisuke Ōmi

Kyoichi Mizuki

Kyoichi Mizuki

Shirō Yanase

Shirō Yanase

Ichiro Kijima

Ichiro Kijima

Hiroshi Kato

Hiroshi Kato

Harold Conway

Harold Conway

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