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.
Director:
Shin Takakuwa
Writer:
Akira Murao
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Bunta Sugawara as |
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Makoto Satō as |
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Shingo Yamashiro as |
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Ryōji Hayama as |
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Fumio Watanabe as |
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Nobuo Kaneko as |
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Rookie Shin-ichi as |
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Masao Komatsu as |
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Shizuko Kasagi as |
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Tōru Yuri as |
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Hiroshi Minami as |
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Misa Toki as |
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Kōji Sekiyama as |
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Kenji Ushio as |
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Genji Kawai as |
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Kyōichi Satō as |
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Tomisaburō Wakayama as |
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Ken'ichi Kikuchi as |
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Hajime Kubo as |
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Kimitaka Ôizumi as |
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Chie Kobayashi as |
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Yoshiko Iwamoto as |
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白石鈴雄 as |
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Ryō Suga as |
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池本慶且 as |
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Nenji Kobayashi as |
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Seiya Satō as |
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Toshiyuki Tsuchiyama as |
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Tatsuya Kameyama as |
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Takeshige Hatanaka as |
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Koji Miemachi as |
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Hiroshi Date as |
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Nobuo Yana as |
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Tetsuya Kigawa as |
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山科雄資 as |
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菅原壮男 as |
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Tomotaka Ueda as |
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Iwao Dan as |
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Kiyome Takemura as |
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Akikane Sawa as |
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Mayumi Kajiwara as |
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Kosaku Okano as |
| Directing | Shin Takakuwa | Director |
| Sound | Toshiaki Tsushima | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Ichirō Hoshijima | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Tadayuki Komatsu | Sound Recordist |
| Writing | Akira Murao | Screenplay |
| Directing | Michio Fukushima | Assistant Director |
| Lighting | Shiro Kuwana | Lighting Technician |
| Art | Shuichiro Nakamura | Art Direction |
| Editing | Fumio Soda | Editor |
| Directing | Michio Fukuyu | Assistant Director |