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Music Box

1989

1h 46m

8.0(1 votes)

Drama

Crime

Overview

A former yakuza returns to gangster life after an old enemy threatens his son.

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13 members

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長渕剛

Yuji Kanzaki

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仙道敦子

Kiyo Kanzaki

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哀川翔

Sho Sinkyo

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永島暎子

Sanae

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中村嘉葎雄

Shuzo Domon

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大滝秀治

Kyohei Imazato

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多岐川裕美

Shizuko Kubo

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石倉三郎

Senkichi

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平田満

Mineyama

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中島ひろ子

Unknown Role

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成瀬正孝

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寺田農

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寺島進

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