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Thugs of Shinjuku (1970)

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.

Release: 1970-12-18
Runtime: 87 min
Cast
Bunta Sugawara
Bunta Sugawara
Makoto Satō
Makoto Satō
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
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Misa Toki
Kōji Sekiyama
Kōji Sekiyama
Kenji Ushio
Kenji Ushio
Genji Kawai
Genji Kawai
Kyōichi Satō
Kyōichi Satō
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Tomisaburō Wakayama
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Ken'ichi Kikuchi