
Graveyard of Honor(1975)
A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the yakuza but quickly loses his self-control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa.



Bunta Sugawara

Kyōsuke Machida

Akira Kobayashi

Renji Ishibashi

Harumi Sone

Tsunehiko Watase

Ryōhei Uchida

Hideo Murota

Takuzō Kawatani

Hideji Ōtaki
Code of Wolves is a crime, action film released in 1974 exploring themes of yakuza, jitsuroku. Directed by Shinji Murayama, it stars Bunta Sugawara, Kyōsuke Machida, Akira Kobayashi. In gangster-infested 1920s Yokohama, gambler Ishiguro gets in with the local gang -- but his view of life changes after the Great Kanto Earthquake.
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A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the yakuza but quickly loses his self-control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa.

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