Yokohama BJ Blues (1981)
Overview
When his police detective best friend is killed, down-at-heel private eye and part-time blues singer BJ gets the blame. He must start his own investigation to clear his name, but what he uncovers is a tangled web involving crooked cops, drug-dealing gangsters, the city's underground gay and biker scenes, and even his past.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ja |
| Popularity | 1.652 |
Directed By
Eiichi Kudo
Crew
Eiichi Kudo
Creation
Seizô Sengen
Yutaka Okada
Mitsuru Kurosawa
Katsuhiko Aoki
Shoichi Maruyama
Osamu Tanaka
Yônosuke Koike
Yūsaku Matsuda
Tsutomu Imamura
TOP CAST
Mari Henmi
Tamiko
Keizo Kanie
Tetsuo
Toby Kadoguchi
Chink
Haruko Mabuchi
Kozue
Koji Tanaka
Akira Kondo
Tatsuo Yamada
Yoshio
Eri Kanuma
Midori Hayashi
Rei Okamoto
Kazumi Hinata
Rikiya Yasuoka
Yasunaga
Yuya Uchida
Keisuke
Ryudo Uzaki
Jojo
Ichirō Zaitsu
Ushitakuma
Hiroshi Shimizu
Koshikawa
Taiji Tonoyama
Isao Hori
Michihiro Yamanishi
Satoshi
Toshio Tomogane
Kinoshita
Rebun Hori
Tori
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