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Fire Line

Fire Line

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Crime   Drama
📜 Overview: Two young crooks who scam betters in the race track are employed by a yakuza gang called the Shigemori Syndicate to steal a shipment of handguns from a rival gang. Somewhere in the process they find themselves on the run from their own gang and one of them becomes himself romantically entangled with the boss's girlfriend. An ambitious underboss of the gang offers them a way out if they murder the previous boss but things don't turn out as planned (for everyone).
🌏 Languages Available: Japanese
📆 Date Released: 1961-05-24
⌚ Running Time: 79 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 3.0

Beloved Cast

Teruo Yoshida original image
Shin'ichi
Teruo Yoshida
Yōko Mihara original image
Yumi
Yōko Mihara
Shigeru Amachi original image
Kuroiwa
Shigeru Amachi
Jun Kambayashi original image
Sabu
Jun Kambayashi
Den Kunikata original image
Kindaichi
Den Kunikata
Kôichi Miya original image
Kyôji
Kôichi Miya
Jun Tazaki original image
Shigemune
Jun Tazaki
Ryuji Wakamiya original image
Koyama
Ryuji Wakamiya
Jun Ōtomo original image
Naganuma
Jun Ōtomo
Keiko Tachibana original image
Kyôko
Keiko Tachibana
Masahiko Naruse original image
Nakamoto
Masahiko Naruse
Yuji Munakata original image
Yôji
Yuji Munakata
Yoji Naruto original image
Kenji
Yoji Naruto
Hiroshi Tsukiji original image
Hiroshi Tsukiji
Sakutarō Yamakawa original image
Sakutarō Yamakawa
Kinya Miyagawa original image
Kinya Miyagawa
Takako Sasaki original image
Takako Sasaki

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