Brutal Tales of Chivalry

Brutal Tales of Chivalry

90 mins | Crime, Action | Oct. 1, 1965

After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second-generation boss of the Kamizu Group was upholding yakuza chivalry by keeping black-market and illegal items out of their open-air market. Taking advantage of the mess, Iwasa and his gang take hold of goods from the US military, black-market and controlled items in order to become the most powerful group in the Enko area. Iwasa has Gennosuke assassinated but before he dies, he names Shinji Terajima as his successor and makes him swear to carry on the family business and not seek revenge or use violence. Shinji tries to make his family’s marketplace a success, but with constant interruption and attacks from Iwasa’s gang, he can no longer keep his word to his former boss.

Brutal Tales of Chivalry

90 mins | Crime, Action | Oct. 1, 1965

Brutal Tales of Chivalry

After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second-generation boss of the Kamizu Group was upholding yakuza chivalry by keeping black-market and illegal items out of their open-air market. Taking advantage of the mess, Iwasa and his gang take hold of goods from the US military, black-market and controlled items in order to become the most powerful group in the Enko area. Iwasa has Gennosuke assassinated but before he dies, he names Shinji Terajima as his successor and makes him swear to carry on the family business and not seek revenge or use violence. Shinji tries to make his family’s marketplace a success, but with constant interruption and attacks from Iwasa’s gang, he can no longer keep his word to his former boss.

IMDb rating	6.9
Producers	Toei Company, Ltd.
Original title	昭和残侠伝
Directors	Kiyoshi Saeki, Yasuo Furuhata
Writers	Akira Murao, Hideaki Yamamoto, Isao Matsumoto

Cast

Ken Takakura

as Seiji Terajima

Ryō Ikebe

as Jukichi Kazama

Hiroki Matsukata

as Masa

Tatsuo Umemiya

as Goro

Yoshiko Mita

as Aya

Shinjirô Ehara

as Kiyo

Kenji Sugawara

as

Michitarō Mizushima

as Iwasa

Rinichi Yamamoto

as

Kenji Ushio

as

Hirohisa Nakata

as

Shoji Nakayama

as

Tomosaburô Ii

as

Akikane Sawa

as

Seiichirô Kameishi

as

Genji Kawai

as Miyoshi

Ryuko Mizukami

as

Eiko Azusa

as

Tatsuya Kitayama

as

Masazumi Okabe

as

Kōji Sekiyama

as

Ryuichi Fujiyama

as

Fusatarō Ishijima

as

Nobuo Yana

as Shimada

Takashi Hio

as

Koji Takishima

as

Shôhachi Uchikoshi

as

Tadashi Naitô

as

Hideo Murota

as Yakuza

Shirō Ōki

as

Hidesuke Sone

as

Sadamitsu Ueda

as

Hajime Kubo

as

Kosaku Okano

as

Keiko Itô

as

Kôji Sawada

as

Itsuma Mogami

as

Ichiro Mizuki

as

Tokio Kozuka

as

Sakae Shima

as

Fumio Watanabe

as