Japan's Top Gangster (1973)
山口組三代目
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.
- Date of release
- 1973-08-11
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Genres
- Action, Crime
- Director
- Kōsaku Yamashita
- Collection
- Yamaguchi Gang Collection
Casting
- Ken Takakura — Kazuo Taoka
- Tetsuro Tamba — Noboru Yamaguchi
- Bunta Sugawara — Hachiro Daicho
- Kunie Tanaka
- Kyōsuke Machida
- Rinichi Yamamoto
- Kayo Matsuo
- Hiroko Sakuramachi
- Michitarō Mizushima
- Haruo Tanaka
- Asao Uchida
- Tatsuo Endō
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