Gambling Code and Feuds (1977)
It is the first Toei yakuza film directed by Akinori Matsuo, who was active in Nikkatsu action movies. It is a local yakuza movie made following Okinawa Yakuza War (1976) and Hokuriku Proxy War (1977). The film depicts the war between a storied yakuza killer (Hiroki Matsukata) and the largest organized crime group in the Kansai region, which plans to advance into the Kanto region.
Director:
Akinori Matsuo
Writers:
Kōji Takada, Hirō Matsuda.
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Hiroki Matsukata as Denkichi Umino |
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Joe Shishido as Katsuya Sekikawa |
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Atsuo Nakamura as Ginzô Katahara |
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Hiroyuki Nagato as Fusajirô Konno |
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Rumi Matsumoto as Setsuko Umino |
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Kenichi Sakuragi as |
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Asao Koike as Yoshimatsu Sasamoto |
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Hiroshi Kondō as |
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Kunio Naito as |
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Masaru Shiga as Kazuo Wakamatsu |
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Saburo Date as |
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Aki Takejo as Harumi |
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Hanako Tokachi as Tomiko Konno |
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Ryō Nishida as |
| Writing | Kōji Takada | Screenplay |
| Directing | Akinori Matsuo | Director |
| Writing | Hirō Matsuda | Screenplay |
| Crew | Tôru Nakajima | Cinematography |
| Sound | Hiroki Tamaki | Music |
| Editing | Kozo Horiike | Editor |
