Hokuriku Proxy War (1977)

Original title

北陸代理戦争

Directed by

Kinji Fukasaku

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 38m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wild yakuza challenges his bosses and a conflict spreads across the Hokuriku region in Japan. The film is based on real events from 1977.

grittyviolentintenseatmosphericbleakrawfast-pacedtense

What happens

Hokuriku Proxy War (Japanese: 北陸代理戦争, Hepburn: Hokuriku Dairi Sensō) is a 1977 Japanese yakuza film directed by Kinji Fukasaku and starring Hiroki Matsukata, Sonny Chiba and Yumiko Nogawa. A jitsuroku eiga based on real events, it depicts a conflict between a wild yakuza (Matsukata) and his bosses that spreads across the Hokuriku region of Japan. It was released by Toei Company on February 26, 1977. Less than two months later, the real-life basis for Matsukata's character, Hiroshi Kawauchi, was shot dead in a manner nearly identical to a scene in the film. This is believed to be the reason why Hokuriku Proxy War was Fukasaku's last yakuza film and Toei's last jitsuroku eiga. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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