After his devastatingly fast, samurai-style combat approach sets filmmakers against him, a legendary action star films his own movie—on turf claimed by feuding yakuza gangs, including Japan’s deadliest martial arts assassin.
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Tak Sakaguchi
Takuma Toshiro
Kohei Fukuyama
Akira
Kanon Narumi
Ami
Rumika Fukuda
Mary
Sho Aoyagi
Takenouchi
Norihisa Hiranuma
Shishido
Togo Ishii
Kajima
Taro Suruga
Tony
Keisuke Horibe
Kiname
Oji Hiroi
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