The International Gang of Kobe

Oct 14, 1975

1h 39m

★ 5.7

Overview

In 1947, in Kobe, Japan, a local street gang fights for their survival when its turf is overrun by United States occupation forces and international gangs.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Toei Company

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Cast

Masato Dan

Ken Takakura

Kenzo Otaki

Bunta Sugawara

Rinsei

Tetsuro Tamba

Tamotsu Maehara

Kōji Wada

Maki Tajima

Hiroko Maki

Yutaka Nakao

Isao Natsuyagi

Pochi / Yoko

Renji Ishibashi

Tetsufumi

Kenji Imai

Tokugen

Hideji Ōtaki

Detective Nishimura

Rokkō Toura

Goro Tanigawa

Toshitaka Itō

Teruo Maruyama

Kunie Tanaka

Okoma (Red Cherry) was a woman gambler until she retired from the yakuza world. Two years later, she returns home, and finds that the big boss has been assassinated and his daughter is having trouble keeping things in line against the rival gang headed by the men who killed her father. Okoma decides to avenge her former boss and help his daughter, a former friend of hers. She recruits her own gang, starting with an expert knife-fighter, her former lover. After a fight, the new Gang Leader captures and tortures Okoma sadistically.

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