Big Time Gambling Boss

博奕打ち 総長賭博
1968 95 min Drama · Crime · Thriller

Ginza, nighttime. A ringing telephone. A yakuza godfather sickens, gambling rackets hang in the balance. Loyalists angle for succession. One stoic lieutenant declines to play politics. Enjoyed best alongside Fukasaku's contemporaneous Battles Without Honor and Humanity cycle.

Directed by Kōsaku Yamashita · Written by Kazuo Kasahara

Starring Koji Tsuruta, Sumiko Fuji, Hiroko Sakuramachi, Hiroshi Nawa, Harumi Sone, Takamaru Sasaki

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