King of the Gang (1967)
The 11th and final film in the Gang series. Most of the films had different directors and cast, and were only connected by the title and Toei's marketing department. Unlike the early entries, which were jazzy capers, this final entry is a prototype jitsuroku yakuza film. Just back from the war, Noboru Ando leads a gang of war vets turned gangster in the US occupied streets of Tokyo. They get into a conflict with a Chinese gang as well as the military police. Tetsuro Tamba appears as a police chief trying to bring peace to the streets; 1st wave pinky violence star Masumi Tachibana is a girl grieving his dead gangster father.
| Movie ID | 143961 |
|---|---|
| Genre | Crime |
| Director | Yasuo Furuhata |
| Main cast | Noboru Andō, Sonny Chiba, Masumi Tachibana, Shingo Yamashiro, Eijirō Yanagi, Takashi Shimura, Tetsuro Tamba, Osman Yusuf |
| Release date | 25 August 1967 |
| Release year | 1967 |
| Language | Japanese |
| Duration | 90 min (1h 30m) |
| Rating | 9.0 / 10 (TMDB) |
| Production house | Toei Company |
Director: Yasuo Furuhata
Writers: Yoshihiro Ishimatsu
Top cast
Noboru Andō
Sonny Chiba
Masumi Tachibana
Shingo Yamashiro
Eijirō Yanagi
Takashi Shimura
Tetsuro Tamba
Osman Yusuf
Shōhachi Uchikoshi
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