A bumbling stockbroker-turned-yakuza is tasked with ensuring that an alcoholic boss is up to the task of arbitrating his syndicate's succession ceremony.
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Hiroyuki Sanada
Masakazu Yoshinari
Ken Ogata
Daisaku Kadota
Yuko Kotegawa
Megumi Kadota
Tatsuo Umemiya
Toshimitsu Hanamura
Shinsuke Ashida
Eikichi Doba
Daisuke Ryū
Tadashi Senda
Takuzō Kawatani
Kyozo Shigeta
Asao Uchida
Iwao Gankin
Ryūji Shinagawa
Kinji Yajimori
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