High Noon for Gangsters
1961, NR, 82 min. Directed by Kinji Fukasaku. Starring Ken Takakura, Kinya Kitaoji.
REVIEWED By Marjorie Baumgarten, Thu., Oct. 25, 2001
One of Fukasaku's first yakuza films to earn critical praise, High Noon for Gangsters is the unsentimental story of three brothers – one a lone wolf and the other two in gangs – who plot against each other.
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High Noon for Gangsters, Kinji Fukasaku, Ken Takakura, Kinya Kitaoji
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