28 Jun 1967
The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding
A man who was released from prison wanders around the Kanto region and gets involved with the local yakuza.
Make the Devil Laugh
It was a crime committed for loved ones. A stout drama about a man at an impasse.
Kazuma kills his father in order to protect his mother and younger sister from violence. He begins life at a halfway house with an aim toward social rehabilitation and also works diligently at a scrap mill, but society has labeled him a “murderer”. Gradually, Kazuma loses hope.
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Shuhei Handa 
Masahiro Umeda 
赤間麻里子 
坂田聡 
大谷麻衣 
岡田義徳 Kei Nakafuji Nao Osato 
木ノ本嶺浩 Kotaro Torii 帆南
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