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Family Crest: Die Like a Man
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Family Crest: Die Like a Man

1969-03-15 · 86 min · Not rated

Action · Crime

The story of three brothers who, after loosing their parents in the Great Kanto Earthquake, continued their respective yakuza family business and the revenge of the youngest one when his siblings were killed by a rival vicious yakuza boss. The first in the two part Daimon series.

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Directors
Akinori Matsuo
Production companies
Nikkatsu Corporation
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Hideki TakahashiHideki TakahashiTetsugoro Nonaka
Yumiko NogawaYumiko NogawaOcho Ageha
Shigeru TsuyuguchiShigeru TsuyuguchiTetsujiro Nonaka
Yoshirō AokiYoshirō AokiTetsutaro Nonaka
Ryōhei UchidaRyōhei UchidaKeita Fuse
Ichirō SugaiIchirō SugaiKinosuke Aoi
Tōru AbeTōru AbeYoshiichiro Omori
Shōki FukaeShōki FukaeHonma Ginzo
Keisuke NoroKeisuke NoroAikuchi
Shirō YanaseShirō YanaseHampa Matsu
Hiroshi KondōHiroshi KondōMajor Muto
Yuzo KiuraYuzo KiuraRyoba

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