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The Stairway to the Distant Past

The Stairway to the Distant Past

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Drama   Crime
📜 Overview: Broke, with his vintage Nash convertible repossessed, private eye Mike Hama is reduced to combing the mean streets of the Yokohama waterfront on a borrowed bicycle. But when Lily, a beautiful stripper from out of Hama's past, returns to town, the fuse is lit on a criminal powder keg set to blow the lid off the Yokohama underworld.
🌏 Languages Available: Japanese
📆 Date Released: 1995-03-18
⌚ Running Time: 101 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 7.0

Beloved Cast

Masatoshi Nagase original image
Maiku Hama
Masatoshi Nagase
Haruko Wanibuchi original image
Lily Hama
Haruko Wanibuchi
Eiji Okada original image
White Man
Eiji Okada
Sumiko Sakamoto original image
Minato Mary
Sumiko Sakamoto
Joe Shishido original image
Jo Shishido
Joe Shishido
Kiyotaka Nanbara original image
Hoshino
Kiyotaka Nanbara
Françoise Moréchand original image
Françoise Moréchand
Mika Ohmine original image
Akane Hama
Mika Ohmine
Shiro Sano original image
Masaru Kanno
Shiro Sano
Akaji Maro original image
Lt. Nakayama
Akaji Maro
Shinya Tsukamoto original image
Yamaguchi
Shinya Tsukamoto
Tetta Sugimoto original image
Sugimoto
Tetta Sugimoto
Keiji Matsuda original image
Matsuda
Keiji Matsuda
Kazuko Shirakawa original image
Sachiko Shibata
Kazuko Shirakawa
Noriko Sengoku original image
Asa
Noriko Sengoku
Zen Kajihara original image
Zen Kajihara
Yoshimasa Kondo original image
Yoshimasa Kondo
Kenji Anan original image
Kenji Anan
Masako Miyaji original image
Masako Miyaji
Yoichi Sai original image
Chief of Police
Yoichi Sai
Masashi Yamamoto original image
Masashi Yamamoto
Hachiro Ika original image
Hachiro Ika
TERU original image
TERU
Tatsushi Ōmori original image
Tatsushi Ōmori

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