Japan Organized Crime Boss

Two major yakuza factions from Tokyo and Osaka battle over control of Yokohama, using local gangs as their proxies. Amid this violent struggle, Tsukamoto (Koji Tsuruta,Big Time Gambling Boss), the head of one of the local gangs, is released from an eight-year prison sentence. The feud forces him into action, but he learns that those pulling the strings have political connections and that he is up against overwhelming forces.

A predecessor to and blueprint for Fukasaku’sSympathy for the Underdog,Japan Organised Crime Bossalso signals the director’s first collaboration withBunta Sugawara, the later star ofBattles Without Honor and Humanityas well as withTomisaburo Wakayama(The Bounty Hunter Trilogy) and gangster-turned-movie starNoboru Ando