Akira Kobayashi
Birthday: 1938-11-03
Place of Birth: Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Biography: Akira Kobayashi (Japanese: 小林 旭, Hepburn: Kobayashi Akira, born November 3, 1938) is a Japanese actor and singer. His nickname is Maito Gai (マイトガイ, "Might Guy").
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Tale on Tokai Chivalry
The film is set in Fukagawa in the early Showa period and depicts a fateful confrontation between tw...
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Zesshou
The story of the tender love between Junki, the son of a wealthy landowner, and Kayuki, the daughter...
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Women's Police
Around Ginza there is a night-city of bars and cabarets, hostesses, customers. Assisting to keep ord...
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Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell
Nonaka Tetsugoro, a substitute for the Aoi group, held a flower party to celebrate the complete reco...
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Zorome no San Kyoudai
In Osaka, a family sets up shop in Tsuruhashi. Trouble brews for three brothers – Jinzuke, Tadayoshi...
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100 Gamblers
Set in Kyushu during the early Showa period, the son of a boss who is killed after a greedy boss tak...
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Fearless Comrades
The first film in the Fearless Guy series. Kosuke was part of a huge organized crime group, but deci...
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Kanto Wanderer
Handsome young Katsuta tries to follow the yakuza code, but even his boss doesn't believe in it. Dia...
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The Angry Rambler
Fourth installment of Nikkatsu's "Drifter" series, with Kobayashi Akira....
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Road to the Don Theatrical Version
A young yakuza experiences various conflicts, tactics, betrayals, rules, etc. in the gangster world,...
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Violent Streets
With a Kansai syndicate setting their sights on Tokyo, a former yakuza boss gets dragged back into a...
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Black Tight Killers
Daisuke Honda, a war photographer in Vietnam, meets Yuriko Sawanouchi, a stewardess on his plane bac...
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Rusty Knife
Udaka is a new, post-war city where corruption has already taken hold. A persistent district attorne...
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
Shozo Hirono has managed to separate from the Yamamori family and create his own small family, and e...
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under press...
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Three Seconds to Zero Hour
“I like shady dealings,” purrs undercover superspy Yabuki en route to infiltrating a sadistic, trigg...
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Badge of the Night
A noir action whodunit with Kobayashi his usual jaunty self as the smart aleck private eye whose mis...
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Records of Bloodshed
Post World War II, Minoru lives by selling supplies that had been stolen from the U.S. military. One...
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A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes th...
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Bloody Territories
A once-powerful yakuza clan disbands as a result of a police crackdown, but one small group refuses ...
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The Perfect Game
College students come up with a scam to rob a gambling house. When it comes time to collect, the mon...
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The Flower and the Angry Waves
A young yakuza in love with the girl who's to marry his clan oyabun, kidnaps the girl before fleeing...
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Greatest Boss Of Japan
A man who became the third boss faces off against delinquent foreigners and villains vying to rule t...
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Women's Police: Part II
Masaaki Kagari (Akira Kobayashi) is the recruiter and protector of hostesses at the Club Rose. One ...
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Woman's Police: Appointment with Danger
Kagari (Akira Kobayashi), a scout and overseer of Ginza bar hostesses, receives an urgent phone call...
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Women's Police: Swirling Butterflies
Aboard a night ferry in the Inland Sea, Masaaki Kagari (Akira Kobayashi), a young tough, who supplie...
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Exiled to Hell
It is the end of the Taisho era (1912-1926), and at the Hanazuki-tei theatre in Asakusa, the famous ...
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Peonies And Dragons
Yakuza Ryuichi, nicknamed the Dragon-killer, went on a journey with his son Tatsuo after he lost his...
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party,...
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Bastards Without Borders
Counterfeit Japanese dollars are connected to a large-scale underground drug organization. An action...
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Gambling is My Destiny
Shadowed and alone. Today, a melancholy guitar sobs in a wandering seaside town.... To make amends, ...
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Duel in the Storm
It is the Taisho era in Japan. A man has quit the Yakuza after five years and returned to Shikoku in...
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Three Rogues
Two lone wolf yakuza (Hideki Takahashi and Kunie Tanaka) rob a gambling den, then split up when purs...
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Who is in the Background?
Based on the original work of Yasunori Kawauchi of "Moonlight Mask", this is the second in the "Ginz...
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The Black Gambler: The Gambling Syndicate
Place your bets! Koji Himuro (Akira Kobayashi) is a makeout artist with unparalleled gambling skills...
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The Black Gambler: Murderous Dice
As a foreign gambling ring tries to take over the Japanese underworld, Himuro the ace gambler must f...
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Return of the Whirlwind
Based on the original work of Yasunori Kawauchi of "Moonlight Mask", this is the fifth in the "Ginza...
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Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary
A kidnapping occurred over a seven-million-dollar diamond that was sewn into his stomach. Takuya Nik...
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He's the Witness
Takuya witnesses the homicide of the detective leading an investigation into the murder of the chair...
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Traveling Alone with a Guitar
Kobayashi Akira stars as a wandering musician, who lost his brother and lover to dishonest rival Hen...
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Punishment of a Lawless Villian
In the early Meiji era, two contrasting craftsmen, who had been bound by a ten-year strong friendshi...
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I Will Challenge
Akira, a student who is professionally engaged in boxing, aspires to follow in the footsteps of his ...
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Return of the Vagabond
The 3rd film of the famous "Wataridori" (The Rambler) series from Nikkatsu. The young rambler, Shinj...
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Immortal Guy
Kosuke Suzuki was presumed dead after boss Toseikai Setouchi lynched him and threw him into the sea ...
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The Gate of Youth
Mainly the story of Shinsuke and his stepmother, ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his mid-teens...
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The Gate of Youth Part 2
Mid 50s: the trials and tribulations of Shinsuke Ibuki, freshly arrived in Tokyo from Kyushu....
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The Rambler Rides Again
In this fifth episode of the "Wataridori" series, Taki Shinji (Kobayashi Akira) drifts north to Hokk...
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The Rambling Guitarist
Arriving in the town of Hakodate, a wandering musician, Shinji Taki, is soon recruited by the local ...
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The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
Set in Uwajima, Shikoku, an action film starring Akira Kobayashi who uncovers evils related to pearl...
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The Elder Sister
Follows the struggles of a yakuza wife after his husband gets hurt in a knife fight....
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The Reckless One
Kosuke Suzuki returns to Hakata's hometown after learning that his best friend Takehara has disappea...
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Retaliation
Emerging from a stint in prison, yakuza lieutenant Sumukawa discovers that his gang has disintegrate...
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The Singing Gunman
Fourth film in the Aitsu series. The outlaw-cum-travelling guitarist discovers that his friend has b...
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Wakai hyou no mure
A blockbuster youth action film that explodes with the charm of Maiko Guy and Akira, based on the se...
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Shin yūkyōden
In this town, Kagosuke and Ryukichi of the Okamoto family, who are deeply committed to the yakuza wa...
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The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village
Tarao’s services are called upon to solve the mysterious death of bride-to-be, Mariko, who was found...
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Shura Group Part 3
Ryuji Inahara changed the name of the Inahara-gumi to the Inahara-kai, and accordingly unified the e...
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Shura Group Part 2
Ryuji Inahara, the heir to the Atami Yamazakiya family, subsequently placed the group under the cont...
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A Legend of Turmoil
A story about the development of a bright and strong yakuza. Otaki is an old-fashioned respectful ya...
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The Tokyo Mighty Guy
Mega star Akira Kobayashi stars as Jiro in the rambunctious tale of a chef who opens a restaurant in...
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The Call of Blood
Two brothers seek revenge on the yakuza responsible for the death of their father....
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity
In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new...
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
The 224-minute compilation edition of Battles Without Honor and Humanity compiles these four movies:...
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Tokyo no Kodoku
A coming-of-age story about two newcomers to the world of professional baseball who compete for Rook...
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Dynamite ni Hi o Tsukero
An action masterpiece about Might Guy Akira, a hot-blooded man who explodes against the backdrop of ...
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The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil
The fictional land "Pandora" sends three (numbered) graduates of the "National Gambling University" ...
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The Poem of the Blue Star
Might Guy Akira's unique action drama depicts the bizarre fate of a young doctor who vows to avenge ...
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Father of the Kamikaze
Vice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan's defeat in WWII was inevitable. He came to reali...
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The Yakuza Code Still Lives
After spending eight years in prison for murder, Hiroshi leaves his yakuza family to start a new lif...
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Young Breasts
A delinquent young man (Kobayashi Akira) from a wealthy family decides to get in on a blackmailing s...
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The Boy Who Came Back
Nobuo is a hot-headed hoodlum fresh out of reform school who struggles to make a clean break with hi...
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The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
With a Kansai syndicate vying for Tokyo, one man reunites with his roguish half-brother in the midst...
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Code of Wolves
In gangster-infested 1920s Yokohama, gambler Ishiguro gets in with the local gang -- but his view of...
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Dice and Swords
The year is 1926. It has been three years since the Great Kanto earthquake hit Tokyo. Everything is ...
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The Rambler in the Sunset
The young rambler, Shinji Taki, with his guitar arrives a hot spa town at the foot of Mount Aizu Ban...
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Wind of Volcano
An airplane loaded with 50 million yen for the reconstruction of Amami Oshima crashes en route from ...
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The Guitarist from the Sea
Plans to build a touristic hot spring on the island of Izu Oshima run afoul of the Kobe yakuza group...
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The Rough One
A tale of wannabe yakuza youths. When not cooking up scams with his buddies, Zenkichi develops a cru...
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My Sweetheart
It had been a year and four months since Mitsuo was last on a movie set. Welcomed back by director I...
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Ginza Whirlwind: The Call of the Storm
The Ginza Whirlwind (Akira Kobayashi) attempts to solve a murder....
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Love in the Air
Satake Shoji had been a trapeze artist in the Ezaki Circus, but when Shingo, his team mate, slipped ...
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The Human Cyclone
The first in the Ginza Whirlwind Child series. A poignant action giant depicting the activities of M...
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Sign of the Jack
Hanamura, widely known in gangland a professional trouble shooter has the sign of the Jack tattooed ...
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The Rambler under the Southern Cross
In the nine part Wataridori series (1959-1962), Kobayashi played a wanderer on Japan’s back roads wi...
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The Rambler Goes North
In the nine part Wataridori series (1959-1962), Kobayashi played a wanderer on Japan’s back roads wi...
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Operation Plazma in Osaka
Amidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's large...
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The Black Scar
A yakuza frames another yakuza who goes to jail for 5 years. When he is released he goes to seek rev...
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The Dragon of Macao
Ryu (Akira Kobayashi) sets foot on the Yokohama port with a suitcase filled with 300 thousand dollar...
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Farewell to Southern Tosa
Story of an ex-con trying to go straight, but of course the old ways die hard....
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Hungry Soul
Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi, a b...
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Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps
A violent upstart forms an alliance with the powerful Tensei-kai syndicate to fight on the front lin...
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Hungry Soul, Part II
A continuation of Hungry Soul, from the same year. Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a m...
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The Champion
Eikichi Yamashiro, who is a former contender for the boxing title, works as a manager at a Club Cham...
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Emperor of Upheaval
The anti-gangster law has been very bad for business, but one yakuza boss is running his syndicate l...
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The Killer
A former gang leader and lone wolf who has left the organization works behind the scenes in a new ci...
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The Guitarist and the Rancher
Rambler Shinji arrives in town armed with nothing but a guitar. With assistance from an old gun-for-...
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Again
An anthology that embodies the essence of Nikkatsu action films with a stylish flair, this movie fol...
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Friendship of Jazz
Kenichi, who lives like a stray dog among fellow gangsters, finds his love for the first time while ...
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Diamonds of the Andes
Romantic action film set against the beautiful backdrop of Rio de Janeiro. Jiro Ibuki has decided to...
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A Wandering Gambler
Koji Himuro, a brilliant gambler, was killed by his brother and lover for discovering cheating gambl...
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Pacific Porters
Tetsuji Tachibana was fired as a pilot after Jim gave false testimony in an accident caused by Capta...
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The Endless Duel
Following the well-received previous film “Confrontation”, Asahi returns as the wandering drifter Ma...
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対決
Late Taishō period. The Shibatora family, led by Naojirō, held power over the Tomigawara area in Jōs...
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Gunshū no naka no taiyō
This coming-of-age drama depicts Ozaki, Takei, Minami, and Onoki, four men trained in the rugby club...
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Hatoba no tobakushi
Goro Akitsu is a man playing poker in a bar in the port of Yokohama. He is a drifter from Kobe, Japa...
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Modern Yakuza: Chivalry
Zenroku Nichigami, a charismatic con artist, is tasked with collecting a debt from the elusive Shish...
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Ginza Poacher
Tsuchida Akira is a young man who recruits young hostesses around Ginza to work for other shady esta...
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Rambling in the Wind
Set in Toyohashi, the fifth and final installment of the ‘The Wanderer’ series sees Kobayashi Akira ...
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Tale on Kanto Chivalry
This is Akira Kobayashi's first leading role in a gangster film in the ninkyo-eiga genre. Together w...
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Three Stray Dogs
A gripping action film starring Akira Kobayashi, Joe Shishido, and Koji Wada. A man accused of diamo...
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Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
A humorous yakuza action melodrama with gangsters, drugs and that old comedy-standby, white slavery....
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