Japan Organized Crime Boss

Jul 8, 1969

1h 37m

★ 7.6

Overview

Coming out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang after the death of his boss. His small group is is taken in a crossfire between a big yakuza group from Osaka at war with the Tokyo alliance for the control of the city. He tries to keep to the old yakuza code but he is no match for the new thugs who live and fight without honor.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Toei Company

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Cast

Tetsuo Tsukamoto

Koji Tsuruta

Tsutomu Kazama

Bunta Sugawara

Noboru Ooba

Noboru Andō

Taki

Harumi Sone

Kazama's Sister

Mina Isshiki

Kazuyoshi Miyahara

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Goro Tsubaki

Ryōhei Uchida

Haraguchi

Rinichi Yamamoto

Yasujiro Danno

Asao Uchida

Kita Kido

Takamaru Sasaki

Inosuke Yato

Seizaburō Kawazu

Yasokichi Kamiyama

Yoshi Katō

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