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High Noon for Gangsters (1961)

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Original title
白昼の無頼漢
Directed by
Kinji Fukasaku
Genre
drama, crime
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 22m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A yakuza gangster finds himself caught in a power struggle after the death of his boss. He must navigate betrayals and violent conflicts within the criminal underworld.

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What happens

High Noon for Gangsters (Japanese: 白昼の無頼漢, Hepburn: Hakuchu no buraikan), also known as Greed in Broad Daylight, is a 1961 Japanese black-and-white yakuza crime drama film directed by Kinji Fukasaku starring Tetsurō Tamba. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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