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Thugs of Shinjuku

Thugs of Shinjuku

★ 9.0/10•1970•1h 27m•Crime

Fresh out of jail, a smart-mouth wise guy Goro takes the name “Big Brother Katsumata.” Not fitting in well with established gangs, he forms a rag-tag gang called “the Shinjuku Brothers.” The members of their gang are thugs who only wish they were traditional yakuza. When they turn up at the funeral for a gangster, they are not welcomed, but a senior boss intervenes to keep things calm. The boss of bosses invites them to join a respected local council of warlords. Katsumata is suspicious of why such powerful men would extend an invitation to lowlife like himself.

Shin Takakuwa · Director

Akira Murao · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 27m
LanguageJA
Release DateDec 18, 1970

Actors

Bunta Sugawara

Bunta Sugawara

Makoto Satou

Makoto Satou

Shingo Yamashiro

Shingo Yamashiro

Ryōji Hayama

Ryōji Hayama

Fumio Watanabe

Fumio Watanabe

Nobuo Kaneko

Nobuo Kaneko

Rookie Shin-ichi

Rookie Shin-ichi

Masao Komatsu

Masao Komatsu

Shizuko Kasagi

Shizuko Kasagi

Tōru Yuri

Tōru Yuri

Hiroshi Minami

Hiroshi Minami

Misa Toki

Kōji Sekiyama

Kōji Sekiyama

Kenji Ushio

Kenji Ushio

Genji Kawai

Genji Kawai

Kyōichi Satō

Kyōichi Satō

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