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The Executioner is a film of genre Martial arts directed by Teruo Ishii released in USA on 19 july 1978 with Sonny Chiba
The Executioner (1974)
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Add to a movie listExecutioner (直撃! 地獄拳, Chokugeki! Jigokuken) is a 1974 Japanese martial arts film starring Sonny Chiba.
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Dans ce film d'action et d'arts martiaux, Sonny Chiba y interprète le rôle du dernier descendant du clan Ninja Koga. Reconverti en détective privée Chiba va être mêler a une affaire de trafique de drogue dans lequel il affrontera des membres de la mafia new-yorkaise qui tente de s'implanter au Japon. Chiba sera associer dans cette mission a un ancien flic, et a un condamner a mort.Actors
Sonny Chiba
(Ryuichi Koga)
Hiroyuki Sanada
(Toga)
Yutaka Nakajima
(Emi)
Makoto Satō
(Takeshi Hayato)
Ryō Ikebe
(Arashiyama)
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