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DecentGoodWatch scoreSummary
A cop, Katayama, gains the trust of a mother and daughter whose father, Nishina, is missing after being accused of killing a gang boss.
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 57GoodWatch 57
IMDb5.7
Running time
1 h 38 min
A typical length for action movies, −10 min on the typical 108
typical 10898Half of all action movies run 96–127 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
1984
July 7, 1984
42 years ago
Genres
ActionComedyRomanceLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
- Japan
Directing · 1
- Rokuro Sugimura Director
Writing · 3
- Tetsuya Takeda Screenplay, Original Story
- Katsuaki Chaki Screenplay
- Kazuo Kuroi Screenplay, Executive Producer
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