Thugs of Shinjuku
1970•1h 27m•9.0•Released
Crime
Fresh out of jail, a smart-mouth wise guy Goro takes the name “Big Brother Katsumata.” Not fitting in well with established gangs, he forms a rag-tag gang called “the Shinjuku Brothers.” The members of their gang are thugs who only wish they were traditional yakuza. When they turn up at the funeral for a gangster, they are not welcomed, but a senior boss intervenes to keep things calm. The boss of bosses invites them to join a respected local council of warlords. Katsumata is suspicious of why such powerful men would extend an invitation to lowlife like himself.
Director
Shin Takakuwa
Writer
Akira Murao
Languages
Japanese
Studio
Toei Company
Cast
Bunta Sugawara
Makoto Satō
Shingo Yamashiro
Ryōji Hayama
Fumio Watanabe
Nobuo Kaneko
Rookie Shin-ichi
Masao Komatsu
Shizuko Kasagi
Tōru Yuri
Hiroshi Minami
Misa Toki
Kōji Sekiyama
Kenji Ushio
Genji Kawai
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