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| Jo Shishido | ... | Joji 'Jo' Mizuno | |
| Ichiro Kijima | ... | Detective Takeshita Koichi - Jo's former partner | |
| Misako Watanabe | ... | Kumiko Takeshita | |
| Seijun Suzuki | ... | Detective Hirokawa | |
| Akiji Kobayashi | ... | Nomoto Tatsuo | |
| Tamio Kawaji | ... | Hideo Nomoto | |
| Hideaki Esumi | ... | Minami Goro (as Ezumi Hideaki) | |
| Nobuo Kaneko | ... | Ozawa Soichi | |
| Shirô Yanase | ... | Ishizaki Ken | |
| Hiroshi Kono | ... | Honma | |
| Kinzo Shin | ... | Shinsuke Onodera | |
| Eiji Go | ... | Shigeru Takechi | |
| Yuzo Kiura | ... | Minegishi Takeo | |
| Go Kuroda | ... | Morikawa Tokio | |
| Tomio Aoki | ... | Matsui Terumi | |
| Masao Shimizu | ... | Ishiyama Yosuke | |
| Kosuke Hisamatsu | ... | Detective Yamada | |
| Hiroshi Takao | ... | Nomura | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Yuriko Abe | |||
| Kensuke Akashi | |||
| Yasuo Itoga | |||
| Minako Kozuki | |||
| Gen Mihama | |||
| Ikuko Kimuro | ... | (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Seijun Suzuki | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Ichirô Ikeda | writer | |
| Haruhiko Oyabu | novel | |
| Tadaaki Yamazaki | writer | |
Produced by | |||
| Keinosuke Kubo | .... | producer | |
| Yoshio Muto | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Hajime Okumura | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Kazue Nagatsuka | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Yoshinaga Yokoo | (as Karyo Yokoo) | ||
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Really good action packed stuff! Hitchcock meets film noir. Could the warped, cat-loving, uber thug lord, Nomoto be the inspiration for Bond nemesis, Blofeld, from You Only Live Twice(1967)? (Hold pinkie to corner of lip). Remember the Godfather also liked to pet his kitty while he plotted mayhem. Are all those characters derived from this film? Watch and decide for yourself. This film has a great jazzy score, too. The high energy music really makes up for the hassle of having to read subtitles and provides a nice upbeat counterpoint to the graphic violence. Definitely a seminal movie for lovers of Coppola, Scorcese, Tarantino, Peckinpaw,and the rest of the directors of the hardboiled visceral films of the later 60's and 70's. I think this film is an essential movie for any action film aficionado.