The Yakuza Papers: Final Episode (1974)
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Genres - Action, Adventure |
Sub-Genres - Crime Drama |
Run Time - 97 min. |
Countries - Japan |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Mark Deming
In this violent and morally ambiguous crime drama from master genre filmmaker Kinji Fukasaku, Takeda (Akira Kobayashi), a longtime leader of one of Hiroshima's Yakuza families (the Japanese Mafia), attempts to resolve the longtime war between various mob factions by reshaping his organization into a political organization that would be both powerful and legal. But not all of Takeda's men take to this new way of doing things, and a rash act by one veteran gangster (Jo Shishido) leads to a final turf war between the families. Jingi Naki Tatakai: Kanketsu-Hen (aka Yakuza Papers, Vol. 5: Final Episode) was the last film in the landmark series Fukasaku began with Jingi Naki Tatakai.
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gang-war, gangster, Japan, Mafia, organized-crime