Gambling Code and Feuds

August. 27,1977      
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

It is the first Toei yakuza film directed by Akinori Matsuo, who was active in Nikkatsu action movies. It is a local yakuza movie made following Okinawa Yakuza War (1976) and Hokuriku Proxy War (1977). The film depicts the war between a storied yakuza killer (Hiroki Matsukata) and the largest organized crime group in the Kansai region, which plans to advance into the Kanto region.

Hiroki Matsukata as  Denkichi Umino
Jō Shishido as  Katsuya Sekikawa
Atsuo Nakamura as  Ginzô Katahara
Hiroyuki Nagato as  Fusajirô Konno
Rumi Matsumoto as  Setsuko Umino
Asao Koike as  Yoshimatsu Sasamoto
Kunio Naito as  
Masaru Shiga as  Kazuo Wakamatsu

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Reviews

Ceticultsot
1977/08/27

Beautiful, moving film.

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Beystiman
1977/08/28

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

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HomeyTao
1977/08/29

For having a relatively low budget, the film's style and overall art direction are immensely impressive.

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Bob
1977/08/30

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

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