Japan Organized Crime Boss

Original title: Nihon boryoku-dan: Kumicho

1969
1h 37m

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

274

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Yakuza member released from jail aims for peaceful life. Boss's death forces him to lead gang caught in territorial war between Osaka and Tokyo factions. He struggles to uphold yakuza code a... Read allYakuza member released from jail aims for peaceful life. Boss's death forces him to lead gang caught in territorial war between Osaka and Tokyo factions. He struggles to uphold yakuza code against dishonorable adversaries.Yakuza member released from jail aims for peaceful life. Boss's death forces him to lead gang caught in territorial war between Osaka and Tokyo factions. He struggles to uphold yakuza code against dishonorable adversaries.

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

274

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NIHON BORYOKUDAN series. #1 of 4 films.

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Followed by Japan's Violent Gangs: Degenerate Boss (1970)

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Featured review

7/10

Solid stuff, great Wakayama

Solidly entertaining and gritty Yakuza fare from the master, Fukasaku. Tsuruta is good as the man of honor who can't seem to leave the life behind. Don't watch this one for Bunta Sugawara and Noboru Andoh, their roles are very much supporting and don't amount to much more than extended cameos, albeit in Andoh's case, a great one. The man to watch here is Tomisaburo Wakayama, better known as Zatoichi the Blind Swordsman. Here he's out of control as the heroin shooting violent leader of an anarchistic Hawaiian-shirt wearing gang. His character here really steals the show, and it's a lot of fun to see him in a role so different from what I'm accustomed to.