Afraid to Die

You leave prison ready to renounce the yakuza life; your brother agrees. But a rival gang wants payback for your father's misdeeds. Now? Masumura finds noir shading even in the daylight. It lingers.

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Yasuzō Masumura directed Afraid to Die in 1960. See Yasuzō Masumura's full filmography, where to start with Yasuzō Masumura, or where to go after you've seen everything by Yasuzō Masumura.

Afraid to Die was released in 1960 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 96 minutes.