15 Jun 1967
Branded to Kill
After botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another assassin.
Big Shots Die at Dawn
An early Okamoto yakuza film, though it's not in the Underworld series (along with The Last Gunfight and The Big Boss) despite being alternatively known as "Death of the Boss." While Okamoto did not write this film and took on the project because he was assigned and "just doing [his] job" according to an interview with Chris Desjardins in Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film, he did express a general excitement about working in action cinema (which shows through in this film's energy.)
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加山雄三 Jiro
水野久美 
五十嵐 信次郎 
平田昭彦 
田崎潤 
中丸忠雄 
中谷一郎 
島崎雪子 
柳永二郎 
堺左千夫 
山本廉 
大村千吉 
井川比佐志 
田中邦衛 
村上冬樹 
砂塚秀夫 Masanobu Oki 岩本弘司 林幹
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