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Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps

Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps

19751h 33m

Overview

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.

Directed by Kōsaku Yamashita
Written by Isao Matsumoto, Shizuo Nonami
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Top Cast

Akira Kobayashi

Akira Kobayashi

Gorō Ibuki

Gorō Ibuki

Yutaka Nakajima

Yutaka Nakajima

Yōko Koizumi

Yōko Koizumi

Hōsei Komatsu

Hōsei Komatsu

Hideo Murota

Hideo Murota

Eizō Kitamura

Eizō Kitamura

Shinichirō Mikami

Shinichirō Mikami

Detective Nakai

Bin Amatsu

Bin Amatsu

Hiroshi Nawa

Hiroshi Nawa

Themes & Keywords

yakuza

About Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps

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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