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Rampaging Dragon of the North (1966)

Rampaging Dragon of the North poster
Original title
北海の暴れ竜
Directed by
Kinji Fukasaku
Genre
action film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A fisherman is killed when yakuza members destroy his village's fishing boats. His son returns after working with the yakuza and seeks revenge against the attackers.

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What happens

Rampaging Dragon of the North (Japanese: 北海の暴れ竜, Hepburn: Hokkai no Abare-Ryu), also known as North Sea Dragon, is a 1966 Japanese yakuza action crime film directed by Kinji Fukasaku starring Tatsuo Umemiya and produced by Toei Tokyo. In the film, members of the Ashida clan destroy the boats and equipment of a fishing village to punish the Yamagata family. A fisherman is killed. The victim's son returns after working with the yakuza and seeks revenge. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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