Thugs of Shinjuku (1970)

9.0/10 87 min Crime

Overview

Fresh out of jail, a smart-mouth wise guy Goro takes the name “Big Brother Katsumata.” Not fitting in well with established gangs, he forms a rag-tag gang called “the Shinjuku Brothers.” The members of their gang are thugs who only wish they were traditional yakuza. When they turn up at the funeral for a gangster, they are not welcomed, but a senior boss intervenes to keep things calm. The boss of bosses invites them to join a respected local council of warlords. Katsumata is suspicious of why such powerful men would extend an invitation to lowlife like himself.

Cast

Bunta Sugawara

Makoto Satō

Shingo Yamashiro

Ryōji Hayama

Fumio Watanabe

Nobuo Kaneko

Rookie Shin-ichi

Masao Komatsu

Shizuko Kasagi

Tōru Yuri

Hiroshi Minami

Kōji Sekiyama

Kenji Ushio

Genji Kawai

Kyōichi Satō

Tomisaburō Wakayama

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