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1986

Yakuza Ladies

Directed by Hideo Gosha

While her husband is in prison doing time, Tamaki, the wife of a yakuza capo, runs her spouse’s gang with an iron hand. Meanwhile, Makoto, her younger sister, marries a member of a rival band after being raped by him. The two sisters, united by blood ties but married to enemy yakuzas, will ultimately have to decide whose side they’re on.

Duration

2h

Released

November 15, 1986

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5.6

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Cast76

  • Shima Iwashita
  • Rino Katase
  • Akiko Kana
  • Riki Takeuchi
  • Koujiro Shimizu
  • Shôko Ieda
  • Yasuko Naito
  • Junko Enjou
  • Yasuko Haru

Part ofThe Yakuza Ladies series

Includes Yakuza Ladies (1986), Yakuza Ladies 2 (1987), Yakuza Ladies 3 (1989), Yakuza Ladies: The Final Battle (1990), Yakuza Ladies Revisited (1991), Yakuza Ladies Revisited 2 (1993), Yakuza Ladies Revisited: Love is Hell (1994), Yakuza Ladies: Blood Ties (1995), Yakuza Ladies: Dangerous Gamble (1996), Yakuza Ladies: Decision (1998), Yakuza Ladies Neo (2013), Yakuza Ladies: Companions in Hell (2001), Yakuza Ladies: Burning Desire (2005), Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder (1999), Yakuza Ladies: I Want You Dead (1999), and Yakuza Ladies: Revenge (2000).

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