Yakuza Graveyard
Encyclopedia
is a film directed by Kinji Fukasaku
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business, but once he realizes the police are in negotiations with certain factions, he sides with his own syndicate of choice.
Kinji Fukasaku
was a Japanese film actor, screenwriter, and best known as a celebrated and innovative filmmaker. He was born in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan, and died in Tokyo, from prostate cancer...
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Plot
A police investigator cracks down on yakuzaYakuza
, also known as , are members of traditional organized crime syndicates in Japan. The Japanese police, and media by request of the police, call them bōryokudan , literally "violence group", while the yakuza call themselves "ninkyō dantai" , "chivalrous organizations". The yakuza are notoriously...
business, but once he realizes the police are in negotiations with certain factions, he sides with his own syndicate of choice.
Cast
- Tetsuya WatariTetsuya Watariis a Japanese stage, film, and television actor. He made his screen debut in 1964, in Isamu Kosugi's .He is now the president of Ishihara Promotion.He has a younger brother, Tsunehiko Watase, who is also an actor.-Filmography:-External links:* *...
as Kuroiwa - Meiko Kaji as Keiko
- Seizo FukumotoSeizo Fukumotois a Japanese actor.Born February 3, 1943, he entered acting at age 15 in Kyoto, the capital of Japanese cinema. A specialist in film and television jidaigeki set in the Edo period, he most often plays a ronin, but in his hundreds of appearances he has taken nearly every role. His forte is...
- Takuzo KawataniTakuzo KawataniTakuzo Kawatani was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in 56 films between 1967 and 1995.-Selected filmography:* Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War * Empire of Passion -External links:...
- Hideo Murota
- Nagisa OshimaNagisa Oshimais a Japanese film director and screenwriter. After graduating from Kyoto University he was hired by Shochiku Ltd. and quickly progressed to directing his own movies, making his debut feature A Town of Love and Hope in 1959....
- Tatsuo Umemiya
External links
- Review of the film
- Vista Records Review of the film