Aug 11, 1973
102 min
Full-HD

Japan's Top Gangster (1973)

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.

Category

Action Crime

Country

Japan

Companies

Toei Company

Ken Takakura

Kazuo Taoka

Tetsuro Tamba

Noboru Yamaguchi

Bunta Sugawara

Hachiro Daicho

Kunie Tanaka

Kyōsuke Machida

Rinichi Yamamoto

Kayo Matsuo

Hiroko Sakuramachi

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