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Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers (1969)

Genre : Crime, Drama

Runtime : 1H 32M

Director : Jun'ya Satô
Writer : Fumio Kōnami, Jun'ya Satô

Synopsis

An honorable yakuza syndicate deeply rooted in Kyoto fights for survival when a new breed of gangsters threaten their very existence.

Actors

Koji Tsuruta
Koji Tsuruta
Fumio Watanabe
Fumio Watanabe
Takashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura
Hitomi Nozoe
Hitomi Nozoe
Sanae Kitabayashi
Sanae Kitabayashi
Asao Uchida
Asao Uchida
Tatsuo Endō
Tatsuo Endō
Kei Taguchi
Kei Taguchi
Tetsuya Yamaoka
Tetsuya Yamaoka
Ichirō Sugai
Ichirō Sugai
Hideo Murota
Hideo Murota
Kōji Fujiyama
Kōji Fujiyama
Akikane Sawa
Akikane Sawa
Keiko Orihara
Keiko Orihara
Harue Tone
Harue Tone
Asao Matsumoto
Asao Matsumoto
Hideaki Nagai
Hideaki Nagai
Yasuhiko Shima
Yasuhiko Shima
Nobuo Yana
Nobuo Yana
Tomotaka Ueda
Tomotaka Ueda
Genji Kawai
Genji Kawai
Yukiko Anjô
Yukiko Anjô
Isao Takanami
Isao Takanami
Kôji Hio
Kôji Hio
Keiichi Kitagawa
Keiichi Kitagawa
Shôzô Fukuyama
Shôzô Fukuyama
Koji Miemachi
Koji Miemachi
Hajime Kubo
Hajime Kubo
Koji Takishima
Koji Takishima
Tooru Hanada
Tooru Hanada
Toshiyuki Tsuchiyama
Toshiyuki Tsuchiyama
Sachi Shindô
Sachi Shindô
Tetsuya Kigawa
Tetsuya Kigawa
Takashi Noguchi
Takashi Noguchi
Gôzô Sôma
Gôzô Sôma
Hiroshi Date
Hiroshi Date
Kosaku Okano
Kosaku Okano
Koichi Yamada
Koichi Yamada
Tatsuya Kameyama
Tatsuya Kameyama
Chikara Gonoue
Chikara Gonoue
Ryojiro Nishimoto
Ryojiro Nishimoto
Sayoko Tanimoto
Sayoko Tanimoto
Nobuyuki Ishida
Nobuyuki Ishida
Haruki Jo
Haruki Jo
Jirô Sagawa
Jirô Sagawa
Osamu Yamanouchi
Osamu Yamanouchi
Ryô Suga
Ryô Suga
Tadao Nakamaru
Tadao Nakamaru
Ryôhei Uchida
Ryôhei Uchida
Michitarō Mizushima
Michitarō Mizushima
Tetsurō Tamba
Tetsurō Tamba

Crews

Jun'ya Satô
Jun'ya Satô
Director
Fumio Kōnami
Fumio Kōnami
Screenplay
Jun'ya Satô
Jun'ya Satô
Screenplay
Hanjirô Nakazawa
Hanjirô Nakazawa
Director of Photography
Kenzo Inoue
Kenzo Inoue
Sound Recordist
Shigeru Umetani
Shigeru Umetani
Lighting Technician
Hiroshi Kitagawa
Hiroshi Kitagawa
Art Direction
Osamu Tanaka
Osamu Tanaka
Editor
Masanobu Higurashi
Masanobu Higurashi
Original Music Composer
Kunimitsu Teranishi
Kunimitsu Teranishi
Assistant Director

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