
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.


A violent upstart forms an alliance with the powerful Tensei-kai syndicate to fight on the front lines of an underworld war and take over all of Japan.

Akira Kobayashi

Gorō Ibuki

Yutaka Nakajima

Yōko Koizumi

Hōsei Komatsu

Hideo Murota

Eizō Kitamura

Shinichirō Mikami
Detective Nakai

Bin Amatsu

Hiroshi Nawa
Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps is a crime film released in 1975 exploring themes of yakuza. Directed by Kōsaku Yamashita, it stars Akira Kobayashi, Gorō Ibuki, Yutaka Nakajima. A violent upstart forms an alliance with the powerful Tensei-kai syndicate to fight on the front lines of an underworld war and take over all of Japan.
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