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The Boss (1965)
Directed by Teruo Ishii
Overview
Teruo Ishii portrays the bitter conflict over the right to develop land in a gripping and humorous way. Nakagami, the head of the Kanto Joseikai, is ordered to acquire the rights to work to level the reclaimed land and prevent the Doshikai from expanding from Kansai into Tokyo, but the interference of the Koda-gumi, associated with the Kansai Doshikai, intensifies. Nakagami’s younger brother Hayami, unhappy that the situation is moving slowly, tries to blackmail the mayor into moving forward, but…
A true Toei gangster film with an all-star cast including Koji Tsuruta and Ken Takakura!
Length 91 minutes
Actors
Ken Takakura | Koji Tsuruta | Yoshiko Sakuma | Yoshiko Mita | Shigeru Amachi | Harumi Sone | Kyosuke Mashida | Shinjirô Ehara | Sumiko Fuji | Hiroyuki Nagato | Takamaru Sasaki | Tôru Abe | Meichô Soganoya | Minoru Oki | Asao Uchida | Junya Usami | Tatsuo Endô | Takashi Kanda | Fumitake Ômura | Kenji Ushio | Akikane Sawa