Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers
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An honorable yakuza syndicate deeply rooted in Kyoto fights for survival when a new breed of gangsters threaten their very existence.
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Part of Japan's Violent Gangs
4 films
Cast
64 people
Koji Tsuruta
Known for
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Fumio Watanabe
Known for
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41
Jun'ya Satô
Fumio Kōnami
Osamu Tanaka
Takashi Shimura
Known for
Seven Samurai
Ikiru
Hitomi Nozoe
Known for
Floating Weeds
Shigeru Umetani
Sanae Kitabayashi
Also in
Outlaw: Black Dagger
The Killing Machine
Hanjirô Nakazawa
Asao Uchida
Known for
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Irezumi
Masanobu Higurashi
Junya Satō Director · Fumio Kōnami Screenplay Masanobu Higurashi Composer
First release November 20, 1969 · Produced in Japan · Production Toei Tokyo
Production
Toei Company
Production
Toei Tokyo
Production
Japan
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Original title
日本暴力団 組長と刺客
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · November 20, 1969
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No release date listed for United States.
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