League of Gangsters (1963)

Original title

ギャング同盟

Directed by

Kinji Fukasaku

Genre

action

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 20m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A yakuza member gets out of prison and finds his old turf controlled by a rival gang. He rounds up broke former members to kidnap the rival boss and his daughter for ransom.

tensegrittynoirishsuspensefulbleakretaliatoryfast-pacedold-school

What happens

League of Gangsters (Japanese: ギャング同盟, Hepburn: Gyangu Dōmei) is a 1963 Japanese black-and-white crime action film directed by Kinji Fukasaku starring Ryōhei Uchida and Kei Satō. It was Uchida's first starring role in a film. In the film, a yakuza member is released for prison and finds that his former territory has been taken over by a rival criminal organization. Seeking revenge against these rivals, he re-organizes his former gang by recruiting financially struggling former gang members. They kidnap the rival organization's chairman and his daughter, demanding a ransom for their return. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

• Violent Street (1963)
• Youth of the Beast (1963)
• High and Low (1963)
• The Symbol Of A Man (1963)
• High Noon for Gangsters (1961)
• Kill Before Being Killed (1964)
• Bad Reputation: The Notorious Harbor (1963)
• Gyangu tai G-men (1962)