Crime ·Drama · Japan · 1969 · 1h 37m

Japan Organized Crime Boss

日本暴力団 組長

Japan Organized Crime Boss poster
Director
Kinji Fukasaku
Cast
Koji Tsuruta as Tetsuo Tsukamoto Bunta Sugawara as Tsutomu Kazama Noboru Andō as Noboru Ooba Harumi Sone as Taki Mina Isshiki as Kazama's Sister Tomisaburō Wakayama as Kazuyoshi Miyahara
Crew
Hanjirō Nakazawa — Director of Photography Osamu Tanaka — Editor Masanobu Higurashi — Original Music Composer Fumio Kōnami — Screenplay Kinji Fukasaku — Screenplay Norio Osada — Screenplay
Synopsis

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.

Trailer Japan Organized Crime Boss — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
yakuza
Key Collaborators
Kinji Fukasaku Director Hanjirō Nakazawa Director of Photography Osamu Tanaka Editor Masanobu Higurashi Original Music Composer Fumio Kōnami Screenplay Kinji Fukasaku Screenplay Norio Osada Screenplay Koji Ota Producer Tatsu Yoshida Producer Kōji Shundō Producer
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