Dead Angle

Dead Angle

8.0IMDb Score
Released:1979-07-04
Duration:154 min
Country:Japan
Director:Tōru Murakawa
Actors:Isao Natsuyagi, Yoko Shimada, Mitsuko Oka, Edward James Olmos, Akira Nakao
Production:Toei Company

Overview:

Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.

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