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Film / 1974
The Executioner
Directed by
Teruo Ishii
Three men, the skilled ninja Ryuichi Koga, the deadly assassin and former drug detective Takeshi Hayato, and the criminal mastermind Ichiro Sakura work together to take out an infamous drug dealer.
The story
Three men, the skilled ninja Ryuichi Koga, the deadly assassin and former drug detective Takeshi Hayato, and the criminal mastermind Ichiro Sakura work together to take out an infamous drug dealer.
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The Executioner Collection
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Cast
Sonny ChibaRyuichi Koga
Makoto SatōTakeshi Hayabusa
Shōzō SaijōBlazer Nishiyama
Yutaka NakajimaEmi
Masahiko TsugawaMario Mizuhara
Eiji GōIchiro Sakura
Michitarō MizushimaHakuunsai Koga
Hiroshi NawaBoss
Jo ShiraishiJaguar Mitsuda
Rikiya YasuokaLone Wolf
Hideo MurotaFive Dragons Chairman
Meika SeriBoss' Mistress
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Takashi HioChen Wenchang
Hiroyuki SanadaRyuichi Koga (child)
Toshiyuki TsuchiyamaHenchman
Riki HaradaCrazy Hardy
Kazuyuki SaitoHair
Genji KawaiDirector
Hiroshi DateSuperintendent
Takuji AokiGuard
Fumiaki NakajôDetective
Kōji SawadaPrison Guard
George YirikianLeone
Jan HermansonCondor
Willie DorseyLewin
Osman YusufMafioso
June HellerCarrie
Bert JohanssonKarone
Annette PullingerMargaret
Litwa RumioNew York Mafia Boss
Tatsuya KameyamaHenchman
Chū TakatsukiHenchman
Kimitaka ÔizumiHenchman
Takeshi KudoHenchman
Shigeru YokoyamaHenchman
Hisao MizoguchiHenchman
Osamu KimuraPoliceman
Teruo ShimizuHenchman
Taka HiramotoHenchman
Takeshige HatanakaHenchman
Haruki JoHenchman
Kengo MiyajiDetective
Yasuaki KurataKurayamada
Ryō IkebeArashiyama
Iwao DanGolden Tiger (uncredited)
Kenji OhbaHenchman (uncredited)
Satoshi KuriharaHenchman (uncredited)
Seigo InoueHenchman (uncredited)
Kōichi YamadaPolice Executive (uncredited)
Ryozo MiharaPolice Executive (uncredited)
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