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The Killing Game 1978 Directed by Tōru Murakawa 殺人遊戯

The second movie of Tôru Murakawa's "Game" trilogy. After making a sensational hit, a hitman has gone into hiding for five years. When he comes back he bumps into two women that he has spared five years ago. Two rival yakuza bosses hire Narumi to kill the other. Will Narumi's sense of chivalry entrap him again?

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gneres Action , Drama , Thriller
Production Company Toei Central Film
Release Date 2 December 1978
92 mins
Cast
Yūsaku Matsuda
Yūsaku Matsuda Shohei Narumi
Yutaka Nakajima
Yutaka Nakajima Misako Tsuyama
Gajirō Satō
Gajirō Satō Egawa
Kai Ato
Kai Ato Bunta Izutsu
Hitoshi Ōmae
Hitoshi Ōmae Ozeki
Kōjirō Kusanagi
Kōjirō Kusanagi Manji Hanai
Kahori Takeda
Kahori Takeda Akiko Sakurai
Daisuke Kuwabara
Daisuke Kuwabara Ninomiya
Kenji Imai
Kenji Imai Oyama
Kei Satō
Kei Satō Shoichi Katsuda
Naomi Oka
Naomi Oka
Moeko Ezawa
Moeko Ezawa
Daigo Kusano
Daigo Kusano
Osamu Tsuruoka
Osamu Tsuruoka
Rebun Hori
Rebun Hori
Hyōe Enoki
Hyōe Enoki
Crew
Director
Tōru Murakawa
Tōru Murakawa
Writers
Koji Harima
Koji Harima
Susumu Saji
Susumu Saji
Producers
Mitsuru Kurosawa
Mitsuru Kurosawa
Ryoji Ito
Ryoji Ito
Cinematography
Seizō Sengen
Seizō Sengen
Composer
Yuji Ohno
Yuji Ohno
Editor
Osamu Tanaka
Osamu Tanaka
Art Direction
Tatsuya Irino
Tatsuya Irino
Assistant Director
Yoichi Sai
Yoichi Sai
Part of The Game Trilogy
The Most Dangerous Game
The Execution Game