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Movie, 1961

The Man from the East

IMDb 8.0, 101 min, Crime, Drama, Japan

Kenta (Kayama), a boxer-turned-wandering minstrel becomes involved in a yakuza plot to rid slum dwellers from a piece of land the gangsters wish to develop. Kenta befriends a wandering poet and the younger sister (Hoshi) of a boxer Keota killed in the ring.

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DirectorUmetsugu Inoue
WritersKatsuya Susaki, Umetsugu Inoue, Yoshio Hasuike
GenreCrime, Drama
Runtime101 min
ReleasedSat, Mar 18, 1961
CountryJapan
IMDBtt0203565

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