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Afraid to Die (1960)

Afraid to Die poster
Original title
からっ風野郎
Directed by
Yasuzō Masumura
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 36m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A yakuza man tries to escape his violent past and find a new life. He gets entangled with a woman and must confront the consequences of his actions.

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What happens

Afraid to Die (からっ風野郎, Karakkaze Yarō, A Man Blown by the Wind) is a 1960 Japanese yakuza film directed by Yasuzo Masumura and starring Yukio Mishima. It was written by Hideo Ando and Ryūzō Kikushima. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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