Underplayed Gems

A True Story Of The Private Ginza Police (1973)

A True Story Of The Private Ginza Police poster
Original title
実録・私設銀座警察
Directed by
Junya Satō
Genre
drama, action, crime
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Set in postwar Ginza, this film follows the rise and fall of a gang that formed naturally amid the chaos and rebuilding. It shows the expansion war between violent groups trying to survive.

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What happens

実録・私設銀座警察（じつろく・しせつぎんざけいさつ）は、1973年（昭和48年）7月4日に公開された日本映画。東映東京撮影所製作、配給東映。 昭和21年（1946年）から25年（1950年）の復興著しい銀座を舞台に暴力団の拡張戦争を描いた実録映画の一本で、戦後の混乱と復興の中、生きんがために自然発生的に生まれた暴力グループの興亡をリアルに捉えた日本製フィルム・ノワール。公開時『映画時報』1973年10月号の本作の紹介に「当時の実話にもとづいて映画化された」と書かれているが、佐藤洋笑は「"実録"という看板には大きな偽りがある。高橋輝男率いる大日本興行（私設銀座警察）の逸話から断片的なキーワードのみが取り入れられたまったくのフィクション」と述べている。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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