Warlord of the Underworld (1998)
On the day of the festival at Takao Shrine in Koshu, a brawl breaks out at a local gambling den run by the boss, Kansuke of Saruya (played by Zo Ozawa). It’s the rowdy members of the Shimizu clan, led by Jirocho (Kinya Kitaoji), who uncover a cheating scheme. The chaos is brought to a halt by none other than Jirocho’s lifelong rival-Katsuzo of Kurokoma (Tetsuo Ishidate), a powerful local boss from Koshu...
Director:
Akinori Matsuo
Writer:
Norifumi Suzuki
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Kinya Kitaoji as Jirocho Shimizu |
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Tsurutaro Kataoka as Ishimatsu Mori |
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Kimiko Ikegami as Ocho |
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Hiroshi Katsuno as |
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Eiichiro Funakoshi as |
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Kenjiro Nashimoto as |
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Atsushi Ônita as |
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Kisuke Yamashita as |
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Kenichi Sakuragi as |
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Rikiya Yasuoka as |
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Kenji Anan as |
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Tetsuo Ishidate as |
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Kaori Yamaguchi as |
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Takashi Taniguchi as |
| Directing | Akinori Matsuo | Director |
| Writing | Norifumi Suzuki | Screenplay |
| Sound | Toshiaki Tsushima | Music |
| Writing | Genzō Murakami | Novel |
| Crew | Hitoshi Imanishi | Cinematography |