Kazuo Taoka

Birth : 1913-03-28, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan

Death : 1981-07-23

Third kumichō of the Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest yakuza organization, from 1946 to 1981.

Original Concept

Based on Kazuo Taoka's autobiography, this film follows a Kobe gangster as he builds the small Yamaguchi-gumi into Japan's largest criminal clan.

Original Concept

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.