Serpent's Path

Serpent's Path

6.8IMDb Score
Released:1998-02-21
Duration:85 min
Country:Japan
Director:Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Actors:Show Aikawa, Teruyuki Kagawa, Yûrei Yanagi, Shirō Shimomoto, Kaei Okina
Production:Daiei Film

Overview:

With the help of a mysterious acquaintance, a former low-level yakuza tracks down and kidnaps the man he believes kidnapped and murdered his daughter, but others are soon implicated in the death.

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