Gambling Code and Feuds

Name: Gambling Code and Feuds
Director: Akinori Matsuo
Released: 1977-08-27
Duration: 94 min
Cast: Hiroki Matsukata, Joe Shishido, Atsuo Nakamura, Hiroyuki Nagato, Rumi Matsumoto

August 27, 1977

1h 34m

Action Crime

Overview

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.