Gendai Yakuza: Yotamono Jingi (現代やくざ 与太者仁義, Gendai Yakuza: Yotamono Jingi) is a 1969 Japanese yakuza film directed by Yasuo Furuhata.[1][2][3][4] It is the second film in Gendai Yakuza, a series of yakuza films made in the late 1960s and 1970s.[5][6][7]
| Gendai Yakuza: Yotamono Jingi | |
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| Directed by | Yasuo Furuhata |
| Screenplay by | Norio Nagata Akira Murao |
| Produced by | Koji Goto |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Giichi Yamazawa |
| Music by | Shunsuke Kikuchi |
| Distributed by | Toei |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Plot edit
The film centers around three brothers, who are all born into poverty and raised in a slum. The eldest son, Kōichi, becomes a powerful gang leader, the second son, Gorō, is a lone wolf fighting on his own terms, and the third son, Tōru, is alive but lacks a purpose to guide his life. The world of Japanese organized crime soon drags all three brothers into a horrific struggle of hatred and revenge.[7][8]
Cast edit
- Bunta Sugawara as Katsumata Gorō
- Masakazu Tamura as Katsumata Tōru (Gorō's younger brother)
- Fumio Watanabe as Yamazaki
- Yoshie Mizutani as Misa
- Tadao Nakamuru as Kuroda
- Ai Sasaki as Reiko
- Nobuo Yana as Itō
- Ryō Ikebe as Katsumata Koichi (Gorō's elder brother)
See also edit
- Gendai Yakuza: Hitokiri Yota, the sixth Gendai Yakuza film, which also featured Sugawara as the lead.
References edit
- ^ "追悼 田村正和". May 20, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
- ^ "現代やくざ 与太者仁義". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "現代やくざ 与太者仁義". シネマナビ. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "現代やくざ 与太者仁義". Agency for Cultural Affairs日本映画情報. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ "現代やくざ 与太者仁義". デジタル辞書 kotobank. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ "現代やくざ 与太者仁義". 一般社団法人 日本映画製作者連盟・. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ a b "現代やくざ 与太者仁義". 東映ビデオ. June 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ "Gendai Yakuza: Yotamono Jingi". シネマクエスト. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
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