Brutal Tales of Chivalry

Oct 1, 1965

1h 30m

★ 7.1

Overview

After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second generation boss of the Kamizu Group was upholding yakuza chivalry by keeping black-market and illegal items out of their open-air market. Taking advantage of the mess, Iwasa and his gang take hold of goods from the US military, black-market and controlled items in order to become the most powerful group in Enko area.

Genres

Action

Crime

Production Companies

Toei Company

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Cast

Seiji Terajima

Ken Takakura

Jukichi Kazama

Ryō Ikebe

Masa

Hiroki Matsukata

Goro

Tatsuo Umemiya

Aya

Yoshiko Mita

Kiyo

Shinjirō Ehara

Kenji Sugawara

Iwasa

Michitarō Mizushima

Rinichi Yamamoto

Kenji Ushio

Hirohisa Nakata

Shoji Nakayama

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