The Sleeping Beast Within (1960)

(6.8) based on 12 votes
A newspaper reporter's search for his girlfriend's missing father lead him into heart of the criminal underworld of Yokohama's Chinatown.
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Apr 09, 1960
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01h 26m
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A newspaper reporter's search for his girlfriend's missing father lead him into heart of the criminal underworld of Yokohama's Chinatown.

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