King of the Gang

1967 1h 30m JA

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MASTERPIECE

★9.0TMDB · 1

Crime

Synopsis

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The 11th and final film in the Gang series. Most of the films had different directors and cast, and were only connected by the title and Toei's marketing department. Unlike the early entries, which were jazzy capers, this final entry is a prototype jitsuroku yakuza film. Just back from the war, Noboru Ando leads a gang of war vets turned gangster in the US occupied streets of Tokyo. They get into a conflict with a Chinese gang as well as the military police. Tetsuro Tamba appears as a police chief trying to bring peace to the streets; 1st wave pinky violence star Masumi Tachibana is a girl grieving his dead gangster father.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Noboru Andō
Sonny Chiba
Masumi Tachibana
Shingo Yamashiro
Eijirō Yanagi
Takashi Shimura
Tetsuro Tamba
Osman Yusuf

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yasuo Furuhata
Writers: Yoshihiro Ishimatsu
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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59 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Gyangu Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Yasuo Furuhata, shot by Hanjirō Nakazawa. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Noboru Andō and Sonny Chiba and Masumi Tachibana carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0312740 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Yasuo Furuhata directs. Hanjirō Nakazawa behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
259 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Gyangu Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Yasuo Furuhata, shot by Hanjirō Nakazawa. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Noboru Andō and Sonny Chiba and Masumi Tachibana carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0312740 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.