15 Apr 1988
Colors
A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles, where the gang culture is enforced by the colors the members wear.
The Black Battlefront Kidnappers
A taut, economical policier-cum-gang-hostage thriller.
Top Billed Cast
藤岡弘、 Akira Funaki
伴淳三郎 Chôtarô Funaki
渚まゆみ Miyako Aoyama
富川澈夫 Masaya Ayakôji
山口嘉三 Kô Hanamori
Kazutaka Sugawara Satoru Haraguchi
Mariko Nakamura Yasuko Komori
稲葉義男 Onimaru
加藤和夫 Dan
Jun'ichirô Oki Aoi
梶哲也 Kurosaki
鈴木治夫 Recorder
Yûsuke Nishimoto Keisuke Shibosawa
Fran Setzer Secretary
樋浦勉 Kyô Kazama
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