Japan's Top Gangster

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Japan's Top Gangster (1973)

Directed by Kōsaku Yamashita

Action, Crime · 1h 42m

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.

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Cast

Ken Takakura Kazuo Taoka Tetsuro Tamba Noboru Yamaguchi Bunta Sugawara Hachiro Daicho Kunie Tanaka Kyōsuke Machida Rinichi Yamamoto Kayo Matsuo Hiroko Sakuramachi Michitarō Mizushima Haruo Tanaka Asao Uchida Tatsuo Endō

Crew

Director
Kōsaku Yamashita
Screenplay
Akira Murao
Original Music Composer
Chūji Kinoshita
Editor
Shintarō Miyamoto

Details

Original title
山口組三代目
Release date
1973-08-11
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
Action, Crime
Original language
JA
Spoken languages
Japanese
Countries
Japan
Production
Toei Company