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In this deep dive into the world of the Yakuza, meet the violent men who rule the Japanese underworld and the cruel punishments inflicted on those who transgress them. The carnage begins in the Edo Period with a violent tale of samurai vengeance starring Bunta Sugawara, before shifting to the Meiji Period as the exiled Ogata (Minoru Oki) returns to face punishment for his past transgressions... and, ultimately, to take his revenge. Finally, the action is brought right up to date with a tale of gang warfare set in then-present-day 60s Japan and headlined by Teruo Yoshida, as a powerful crime syndicate seeks bloody vengeance for the theft of one hundred thousand yen. (Arrow Films)
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Ryutaro Otomo
Japan
Best movies:
Castle of Owls (1963)
The Christian Lord (1962)
Eleven Samurai (1966)
Bunta Sugawara
Japan
Best movies:
Spirited Away (2001)
The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)
Wolf Children (2012)
大木実
Japan
Best movies:
菅井一郎
Japan
Best movies:
Early Summer (1951)
Legend of Bailiff Sansho (1954)
A Story from Chikamatsu (1954)
Teruo Yoshida
Japan
Best movies:
Shogun's Joy of Torture (1968)
Horror of a Deformed Man (1969)
Inferno of Torture (1969)
Renji Ishibashi
Japan
Best movies:
Farewell to the Ark (1984)
Half a Confession (2004)
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Land of Demons (1973)
Hiroshi Miyauchi
Japan
Best movies:
The War in Space (1977)