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Samurai

Ronin Gai

1h 57m

Directed by Kazuo Kuroki • 1990 • Japan

A group of masterless samurai living in Edo's red light district must fend off a militia bent on wiping out local prostitutes. Directed by Kazuo Kuroki.

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