Directed by:
Tai KatōComposer:
鏑木創Cast:
Jūzō Itami, 内田良平, Noboru Andô, Ichirô Nakatani, Akemi Mari, Shin'ichi Yanagisawa, Rieko Sumi, Junkô Tôda, Tomiko Ishii, Matsuko Shiga, Kanjûrô Arashi, Osero (more)Plots(1)
A community struggles against immigrant gangs in the ruins of postwar Tokyo. Only doctor Amamiya (real-life ex-yakuza Noboru Ando) can save them, but he had enough fighting in the war. His pacifism is severely tested by the gangs’ increasingly outrageous taunts and when his neighbours decide to take matters into their own hands, Amamiya is forced to take action. The consequences prove to be much more far-reaching than he could ever foresee. With a story spread across three time periods, Tai Kato’s ambitious revision of the yakuza movie was one of the first films to tackle the taboo subject of Japan’s Korean nationals, greatly influencing later directors such as Kinji Fukasaku and Takashi Miike. (Radiance Films)
(more)Cast
Jūzō Itami
Japan
Best movies:
The Makioka Sisters (1983)
Lord Jim (1965)
55 Days at Peking (1963)
内田良平
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)
The Thirteen Assassins (1963)
Band of Assassins (1969)
Noboru Andô
Japan
Best movies:
Graveyard of Honor (1975)
Violent Streets (1974)
Sympathy for the Underdog (1971)
Ichirô Nakatani
Japan
Best movies:
The Human Bullet (1968)
Battle of Okinawa (1971)
Akemi Mari
Japan
Shin'ichi Yanagisawa
Japan
Best movies:
Stolen Desire (1958)
The X from Outer Space (1967)
Rieko Sumi
Japan
Junkô Tôda
Best movies:
Okatsu the Fugitive (1969)
Quick-draw Okatsu (1969)
Tomiko Ishii
Japan
Best movies:
Story of a Prostitute (1965)
Gate of Flesh (1964)
Shall We Dance ? (1996)
Matsuko Shiga
Japan
Kanjûrô Arashi
Japan
Best movies:
Osero
Japan
Masao Mishima
Japan
Best movies:
Horus Prince of the Sun (1968)