The Bullet and the Horse

Movie
The Bullet and the Horse
NR 1 hr 29 minCrimeAbashiri Prison Collection PosterPart of Abashiri Prison Collection
A number of recently released prisoners become involved in a racket with a rancher who is a rival to a neighboring landowner and wants to use the convicts to seize his ranch. The rancher does not know, however, that he had years before killed the parents of one of their number.
StarringKen TakakuraKanjūrō ArashiKunie Tanaka
DirectorTeruo Ishii

Movie Details

Original Language:Japanese
Production Companies:Toei Company

Abashiri Prison Collection

Constructed in the late nineteenth century to house political prisoners, Japan's infamous Abashiri Prison served as the inspiration for a popular and prolific run of yakuza movies released between 1965 and 1972.