This is Akira Kobayashi's first leading role in a gangster film in the ninkyo-eiga genre. Together with Joe Shishido, he stars in a film about the fateful clash between two men living in the world of the yakuza. The Tomoe, Takato, and Senba gangs in Ryogoku are constantly fighting over territory. Rickshaw driver Daisaku decides to protect Takato's gang for the sake of his former benefactor, Setsu, but the rival Senba gang considers Daisaku their enemy...
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Akira Kobayashi
Daisaku
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Joe Shishido
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Kōji Wada
Ken
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Chieko Matsubara
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Hideo Murata
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Shinsuke Ashida
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Daizaburo Hirata
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Masao Mishima
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Midori Satsuki
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Shirō Ōsaka
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Akinori Matsuo Director · Gan Yamazaki Screenplay Masataka Fujsaki Screenplay
First release August 11, 1963 · Produced in Japan · Original title 関東遊侠伝
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Nikkatsu Corporation
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Japan
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Original title
関東遊侠伝
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · August 11, 1963
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No release date listed for United States.
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