Japan Organized Crime Boss (1969)
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ja |
| Popularity | 0.9294 |
Directed By
Kinji Fukasaku
Crew
Shigeru Umetani
Hiroshi Kitagawa
Masuhiro Hirokami
Kinji Fukasaku
Osamu Tanaka
Masanobu Higurashi
Hanjirō Nakazawa
Tatsu Yoshida
Shin Takakuwa
Koji Ota
Kōji Shundō
Norio Osada
Kinji Fukasaku
Fumio Kōnami
TOP CAST
Koji Tsuruta
Tetsuo Tsukamoto
Bunta Sugawara
Kazama
Noboru Andō
Ooba
Harumi Sone
Taki
Mina Isshiki
Kazama's Sister
Rinichi Yamamoto
Haraguchi
Asao Uchida
Yasujiro Danno
Takamaru Sasaki
Kitakido
Yoshi Katō
Kamiyama
Sanae Nakahara
Katsuko
Gen Shimizu
Torakichi Hamanaka
Akikane Sawa
Juhei Sakurada
Kazuo Nagayama
Adachi
Nobuo Yana
Hokuryu Kai Executive
Hideo Murota
Shiga
Hiroshi Hasegawa
Hokuryu Kai Executive
Seiya Satō
Hokuryu Kai Executive
Takashi Hio
Danno Member
Keiichi Kitagawa
Hamanaka Member
Genji Kawai
Kanto Federation Executive
Kōji Sekiyama
Kanto Federation Executive
Hajime Kubo
Danno Member
Nenji Kobayashi
Hamanaka Member
Kosaku Okano
Detective
Sakae Shima
Satake Kosaku
Toshiyuki Tsuchiyama
Danno Member
Gōzō Sōma
Detective
Tomotaka Ueda
Kanto Federation Executive
Tomo'o Nagai
Narrator (voice)
Junnosuke Takasu
Hamanaka Member
Yoshio Kirishima
Hokuryu Kai Member
Mayumi Kajiwara
Hostess
Kiyome Takemura
Bar Mama
Kayoko Tauchi
Geisha
Takashi Noguchi
Hamanaka Member
Osamu Yamanouchi
Danno Member
Ryō Suga
Hamanaka Member
Seizaburō Kawazu
Yato
Ryōhei Uchida
Tsubaki
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Miyahara
Michitarō Mizushima
Torakichi Hagiwara (uncredited)
Tamae Isobe
Sawaki Mina (uncredited)
Koji Miemachi
Hokuryu Kai Member (uncredited)
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