CINEMA

Japan's Top Gangster

1973102m7.0 (1)
ActionCrime

A boy born in a poor village in Tokushima spends his days idly until a chance meeting sets him on the road to becoming boss of Japan's largest gang. This epic film is the first part of greatest true-life series based on autobiography of the Yamaguchi-gumi's third leader, Taoka Kazuo.

Crew

Kōsaku Yamashita

Kōsaku Yamashita

Director

Chūji Kinoshita

Chūji Kinoshita

Original Music Composer

AM

Akira Murao

Screenplay

Cast

Ken Takakura

Ken Takakura

Kazuo Taoka

Tetsuro Tamba

Tetsuro Tamba

Noboru Yamaguchi

Bunta Sugawara

Bunta Sugawara

Hachiro Daicho

Kunie Tanaka

Kunie Tanaka

Kyōsuke Machida

Kyōsuke Machida

Rinichi Yamamoto

Rinichi Yamamoto

Kayo Matsuo

Kayo Matsuo

Hiroko Sakuramachi

Hiroko Sakuramachi

Michitarō Mizushima

Michitarō Mizushima

Haruo Tanaka

Haruo Tanaka

Asao Uchida

Asao Uchida

Tatsuo Endō

Tatsuo Endō

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