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Burai yori daikanbu – (aka: The Yakuza Boss) Based on the memoirs of Fujita Goro, a real yakuza. Burai Yori Daikanbu is more starkly realistic than the then-genre standard - and reveals a darker, more desperate side to Goro's persona.

Goro, a gangster sent to prison for three years for stabbing the hitman of a rival gang, the Aokis. On his release, he finds his gang in decline and learns that the hitman is still alive, but on the outs with his gang, the Mizushimas. Goro soon finds himself in a similar situation when his gang, to head off a war with the Aokis, agrees to cut Goro loose.

Friends since childhood, Goro and the hitman realize they are now brothers in exile and agree to forget the past. They also both fall in love and decide to leave the yakuza life. Together they plot their escape from Tokyo, but tragedy intervenes - and Goro sets out to get revenge.

Director: Toshio Masuda

Stars: Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara and Mitsuo Hamada

1968 - JAPANESE with ENGLISH SUBTITLES - COLOR - WIDESCREEN - 94 MINUTES


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