Yokohama BJ Blues

April. 25,1981      
Rating:
7.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

BJ is a relatively unknown blues singer who scraps some bars in Yokohama. He does not earn much with it and to make ends meet he also acts as a private detective.

Yūsaku Matsuda as  BJ
Keizo Kanie as  Tetsuo
Haruko Mabuchi as  Kozue
Tatsuo Yamada as  Yoshio
Eri Kanuma as  Midori Hayashi
Rei Okamoto as  Kazumi Hinata
Rikiya Yasuoka as  Yasunaga
Yuya Uchida as  Keisuke
Ryudo Uzaki as  Jojo
Ichirō Zaitsu as  Ushitakuma

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Reviews

SunnyHello
1981/04/25

Nice effects though.

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Sarentrol
1981/04/26

Masterful Cinema

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Tedfoldol
1981/04/27

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

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Maidexpl
1981/04/28

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

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