King of the Gang (1967)

9.0/10 90 min Crime

Overview

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.

Cast

Noboru Andō

Sonny Chiba

Masumi Tachibana

Shingo Yamashiro

Eijirō Yanagi

Takashi Shimura

Tetsuro Tamba

Osman Yusuf

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