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The Japan Organized Crime Boss Blu-ray brings Kinji Fukasaku’s early yakuza classic to high-definition with a new 4K restoration. Two powerful yakuza factions from Tokyo and Osaka wage a proxy war in Yokohama, pulling local gangs into a brutal struggle for dominance. When Tsukamoto (Koji Tsuruta, Big Time Gambling Boss) emerges from an eight-year prison sentence, he finds his old territory transformed into a battleground. Forced back into the conflict, he uncovers a web of political influence and corruption far beyond street-level control. A key predecessor to Sympathy for the Underdog, this film marks Fukasaku’s early collaboration with genre icons Bunta Sugawara, Tomisaburo Wakayama and real-life gangster-turned-actor Noboru Ando, laying groundwork for the gritty, socially aware yakuza cinema that defined his career.

 

directed by: Kinji Fukasaku
starring: Koji Tsuruta, Bunta Sugawara, Tomisaburo Wakayama, Noboru Ando
1965 / 95 min / 2.35:1 / Japanese mono

Japan Organized Crime Boss [Blu-ray]

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  • BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES


    • New 4K restoration by Toei Company
    • Uncompressed mono PCM audio
    • Archival interview with Kinji Fukasaku
    • Interview with yakuza film historian Akihiko Ito
    • Visual essay on Koji Tsuruta’s collaborations with Fukasaku by Nathan Stuart
    • Trailer
    • Newly improved English subtitle translation
    • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
    • Limited edition booklet with new writing by Stuart Galbraith IV and an archival review
    • Rigid box with full-height Scanavo cases and removable OBI strip (limited to 3000 copies)

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