Year: 1978
Runtime: 143 mins
Language: Japanese
Director: Junya Satō
Special forces officer Ajisawa leaves his paramilitary group to raise his newly adopted daughter Yoriko, the sole survivor of a bloodbath he caused. Years later, now working as a claims adjuster, he returns to the tragedy’s scene, is arrested on suspicion, yet jail time is the least of his worries as his former organization comes after him.
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