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Velvet Hustler

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Original title

Kurenai no nagareboshi (Velvet Hustler)aka

AKA

Like a Shooting Star

Year

1967

Running time

97 min.

Country

Japan

Director

Toshio Masuda

Screenwriter

Kaneo Ikegami, Toshio Masuda

Cast

Music

Hajime Kaburagi

Cinematography

Kurataro Takamura

Producer

Nikkatsu

Genre

Action. Drama | Crime. Yakuza & Triad

Synopsis

A young yakuza hitman named Goro does a job and needs to hideout away from Tokyo for a while. He hangs out with loose women and hard men and always manages to stay one step ahead of the law. In his exile, he comes under suspicion for a murder and meets the girlfriend of the murdered man. They develop a strange bond while unbeknown to Goro, another hitman is after him for the job he did in Tokyo.

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Velvet Hustler

1967

Toshio Masuda