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The Heartbreak Yakuza (1987) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1987 · 102 mins · Japanese
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- Directed by
- Masato Harada
- Starring
- Susumu Terajima, Akira Emoto, Shirô Sano, Takashi Sasano, Kimiko Yo, Koichi Sato
Presented as a modern fable set to an early American melody, the film follows a hardened gangster who, by chance, encounters a woman he has not seen since childhood. Their reunion draws them both deep into the violent underground of inter‑gang warfare, where loyalties are tested and the past resurfaces.
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