Thugs of Shinjuku (1970)
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.
Released: Dec 18, 1970
Runtime: 87 minutes
Genre: Crime
Stars: Bunta Sugawara, Makoto Satō, Shingo Yamashiro, Ryōji Hayama, Fumio Watanabe, Nobuo Kaneko
Crew: Shin Takakuwa (Director), Toshiaki Tsushima (Original Music Composer), Ichirō Hoshijima (Director of Photography), Tadayuki Komatsu (Sound Recordist), Akira Murao (Screenplay), Michio Fukushima (Assistant Director)