任侠八方破れ

Directed by

Motomu Ida

Country

Japan

How it feels

A yakuza in 1930s Osaka kills a woman's boss at her wedding banquet as a favor for another gang. Disgusted by their cruelty he moves to Tokyo and becomes a photographer's apprentice trying to live an honest life. A new enemy threatens his home and forces him back into conflict.

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What happens

『仁侠八方破れ』（にんきょうはっぽうやぶれ）は、1966年10月22日に公開された日本映画である。製作・配給は日活。監督は井田探。主演は高橋英樹。 昭和初期の大坂。渡世人の政次が渡世の義理で結婚披露宴最中の娘の親分を斬り殺したが、斬り殺しを頼んだ一家の悪辣さに嫌気が差し、東京で写真家に弟子入り。そこで堅気として生きるが、立ち退きを迫る新たな敵が現れ…。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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