Patience Has An End
Jun 25, 1971 | IMDB 5.7
110 min Watch NowCrime, Drama
Young coal miner Takeda leaves Kyushu in search of a better job in Tokyo, only to fall into the lucrative yet dangerous life of a yakuza.
Crime, Drama
Young coal miner Takeda leaves Kyushu in search of a better job in Tokyo, only to fall into the lucrative yet dangerous life of a yakuza.
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