The Great Okinawa Yakuza War (1976)
Overview
Chiba, looking gnarly, and acting as animalistic as ever, stars alongside Matsukata as violent gangsters battling their way through fight after bloody fight with rival yakuza on the streets of Okinawa.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ja |
| Popularity | 0.215 |
Directed By
Sadao Nakajima
Crew
Sadao Nakajima
Toshiyuki Fujiwara
Kôzaburô Kitaguchi
Kozo Horiike
Fumio Kōnami
Kōji Takada
Kenjiro Hirose
Norimichi Igawa
Shigeru Akatsuka
Masayoshi Mizoguchi
TOP CAST
Hiroki Matsukata
Hideo Nakazato
Sonny Chiba
Seigou Kunigami
Tsunehiko Watase
Hiroshi Kategaru
Mikio Narita
Onaga
Tatsuo Umemiya
Kaizu
Hideo Murota
Gushikawa
Isao Bitō
Jiro
Takeo Chii
Ishikawa
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