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Synopsis
Beleaguered police detective Nishi takes desperate measures to try and set things right in a world gone wrong. With his wife suffering from leukemia and his business partner paralyzed from a brutal gangster attack, Nishi borrows from a yakuza loan shark and then robs a bank to clear his debt.
Takeshi Kitano
Cast
Kayoko Kishimoto
Cast
Ren Osugi
Cast
Susumu Terajima
Cast
Tetsu Watanabe
Cast
Hakuryu
Cast
Yasuei Yakushiji
Cast
Tarô Itsumi
Cast
Kenichi Yajima
Cast
Makoto Ashikawa
Cast
Takeshi Kitano
Director
Takeshi Kitano
Writer

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