Dissolution Rites
6.7
Sawaki is released from prison after serving eight years for murdering a rival gang leader in order to obtain the land rights to a landfill for the Kotaki clan and he discovers that the world has changed significantly in that time. The police have forced the disbanding of all yakuza groups in and around Tokyo and most of the former yakuza have moved on to legitimate jobs. Sawaki is disgusted that his yakuza brothers have abandoned their codes of honor and are abusing their newfound power in the legitimate business world to exploit the poor. Sawaki feels partly responsible for making them so powerful and enabling their corruption, so he decides to follow his traditional code of honor to save the residents of a small town where his former lover lives.
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Koji Tsuruta
Sawaki
Known for
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Tetsuro Tamba
Sakai
Known for
You Only Live Twice
Harakiri
Kinji Fukasaku
Isao Tomita
Junko Miyazono
Sachiko
Also in
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Samurai Wolf
Isao Matsumoto
Ichirô Hoshijima
Fumio Watanabe
Shimamura
Known for
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41
Eimei Yamamoto
Misako Watanabe
Mie
Known for
Kwaidan
Youth of the Beast
Hōsei Komatsu
Known for
Double Suicide
Lady Snowblood
Asao Uchida
Kawashima
Known for
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Irezumi
Kinji Fukasaku Director · Isao Matsumoto Screenplay Eimei Yamamoto Screenplay
First release April 1, 1967 · Produced in Japan · Production Toei Tokyo
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Toei Company
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Toei Tokyo
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Japan
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Japanese
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Japanese
Release dates
Japan · April 1, 1967
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