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Retaliation (1968) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1968 · 94 mins · Japanese
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- Directed by
- Yasuharu Hasebe
- Starring
- Nobuo Kawakami, Meiko Kaji, Tatsuya Fuji, Akira Takahashi, Jiro Okazaki, Jō Shishido
After serving time in prison, yakuza lieutenant Sumikawa learns his former gang has collapsed. Determined and ambitious, he joins a rival organization that offers him a high‑ranking role in exchange for eliminating a competing family. As alliances shift, promises of loyalty dissolve into cut‑throat competition, betrayal, and inevitable retaliation.
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