21 May 1968
The Bandits
Action drama about a Japanese gangster in Manchuria circa 1932, who finally joins some Chinese mountain bandits.
Yami wo saku kuchibue
A unique action film about a battle between two students and a yakuza over the eviction fee for a family that abandoned their home at the bottom of an artificial lake.
Top Billed Cast
笹森礼子 
沢本忠雄 
草薙幸二郎 Hideo Takayama 
飯田蝶子 
高田敏江 加原武門 
武藤章生 
木島一郎 Seijiro Takano Daisuke Ōmi Takeo Fujisawa Ken Misugi
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