1978

1h 29m

5.8(12 votes)

Action

Crime

Overview

The first movie of Tôru Murakawa’s “Game” trilogy, in which an assassin hired to recover a kidnap victim becomes embroiled in a vicious power struggle between two large corporations over a sizable government defence contract.

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Cast & Crew

22 members

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松田優作

Shouhei Narumi

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Keiko Tasaka

Kyoko Sasaka

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市地洋子

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草野大悟

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内田朝雄

Kohinata

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見明凡太朗

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名和宏

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片桐竜次

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大前均

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団巌

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阿藤快

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原田力

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榎木兵衛

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苅谷俊介

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石橋蓮司

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入江正徳

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柴田恭兵

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Hideo Saito

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Takeshi Yamamoto

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山西道広

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清水宏

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荒木一郎

Katsuragi

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