Crime ·Drama · Japan · 1969 · 1h 30m

Sworn Brothers

博徒一代　血祭り不動

Director

Cast

Raizō Ichikawa as Jokichi Sakurada Jūshirō Konoe as Kojiro Mitsuyo Kamei as Osono Machiko Hasegawa as Hatsu Ryūnosuke Kaneda as Kitamatsu Itizou Yoshio Kaneuchi as Wajima

Crew

Hiroshi Imai — Director of Photography Kanji Suganuma — Editor Hajime Kaburagi — Original Music Composer Kōji Takada — Screenplay Yamato Yashiro — Producer Shigeru Katō — Production Design

Synopsis

Ichikawa Raizo’s last film. He plays a Yakuza enforcer who kills a man on his boss's orders. He’s then sent to a provincial town to lie low, only to be caught in another war orchestrated by his original boss who has set him up.

Mood & Themes

gambling yakuza

Key Collaborators

Kimiyoshi Yasuda Director Hiroshi Imai Director of Photography Kanji Suganuma Editor Hajime Kaburagi Original Music Composer Kōji Takada Screenplay Yamato Yashiro Producer Shigeru Katō Production Design

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