Never Give Up (1978)

6.2/10 143 min Drama Action Thriller

Overview

Special forces officer Ajisawa leaves his paramilitary group to take care of his newly-adopted daughter, Yoriko: the sole survival of a bloodbath for which he is responsible. Years later, Ajisawa is forced to return to the scene of the tragedy for his new job as a claims adjuster where he is subsequently arrested for his suspected involvement. But the threat of jail time is the least of his worries as his former organization comes gunning for him.

Cast

Ken Takakura

Takeshi Ajisawa

Ryoko Nakano

Tomoko Ochi / Misako

Hiroko Yakushimaru

Yoriko Nagai

Rentaro Mikuni

Kazunari Ohba

Isao Natsuyagi

Detective Kitano

Takahiro Tamura

Urakawa, pressman

Richard Anderson

US green beret officer

Shinsuke Ashida

Sakamoto, head of the Defense Agency

Moeko Ezawa

Hiromi, Bar hostess

Hajime Hana

Lieutenant Muranaga

Nobuo Kaneko

Head of Mizoguchi City

Tanie Kitabayashi

Kiyo Matsushita

Hiroki Matsukata

Katsumasa Uchida

Kanamori

Tetsuro Tamba

General Wada

Kunie Tanaka

Bartender

Joe Yamanaka

Akira Yamanaka

Mikio Narita

Nakado Tasuke

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