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Japan Organized Crime Boss (1969)
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
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Coming out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang after the death of his boss. His small group is is taken in a crossfire between a big yakuza group from Osaka at war with the Tokyo alliance for the control of the city. He tries to keep to the old yakuza code but he is no match for the new thugs who live and fight without honor.
Length 97 minutes
Actors
Koji Tsuruta | Bunta Sugawara | Noboru Andô | Harumi Sone | Mina Isshiki | Rinichi Yamamoto | Asao Uchida | Takamaru Sasaki | Yoshi Katô | Sanae Nakahara | Gen Shimizu | Akikane Sawa | Kazuo Nagayama | Nobuo Yana | Hideo Murota | Hiroshi Hasegawa | Seiya Satô | Takashi Hio | Keiichi Kitagawa | Genji Kawai | Kôji Sekiyama | Hajime Kubo | Nenji Kobayashi | Kosaku Okano | Sakae Shima | Toshiyuki Tsuchiyama | Gôzô Sôma | Tomotaka Ueda | Tomo'o Nagai | Junnosuke Takasu | Yoshio Kirishima | Mayumi Kajiwara | Kiyome Takemura | Kayoko Tauchi | Takashi Noguchi | Osamu Yamanouchi | Ryô Suga | Seizaburô Kawazu | Ryôhei Uchida | Tomisaburo Wakayama | Michitarô Mizushima | Tamae Isobe | Koji Miemachi
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/12/2025 | Home Theater | Blu-ray | Owned | 7 stars |
| (Average) 7 stars |
Viewing Notes
In part, this feels like a test run for BATTLES WITHOUT HONOR as it involves a lot of the same plot threads. Here, though we have an anti-hero in the form of the honorable criminal. Unlike VIOLENT PANIC which features a lot of frenetic, handheld camera movement, BOSS is shot in a more traditional, observational style that lends more weight and drama to the events.
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