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  • Thugs of Shinjuku (1970)
  • 88 min | Action, Crime
Thugs of Shinjuku (1970)
88 min | Action, Crime

After release from jail, Katsumata forms a rag-tag gang calling themselves the Shinjuku Brothers. His partner and co-leader is a sleazy gambling addict he met in a nightclub. Actually, they got to know each other in a comic drunken brawl ...See moreAfter release from jail, Katsumata forms a rag-tag gang calling themselves the Shinjuku Brothers. His partner and co-leader is a sleazy gambling addict he met in a nightclub. Actually, they got to know each other in a comic drunken brawl as opponents. After slugging it out for quite a while, the two men admire each other's toughness and become 'Kyodai' (equal brothers). The gang is made up of 'Chinpira' or 'Yotamono' (the lowest grade of gangsters, basically petty thugs), who spend their time smashing things and hitting people. Because they are muscling in on existing territory, they quickly make enemies. When the Brothers provocatively attend the funeral of a local gangster, they narrowly avoid a beating, held back only by a senior boss who tells them that "We, as Yakuza, are the rubbish of the world, but we still hold to a moral code". The boss of bosses invites them to join a respected local council of warlords. Katsumata is suspicious of why such powerful men would extend an invitation to lowlife like himself. Their plan is pretty clear. But how will the Brothers react... Written by Sharptongue See less
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Shûshi Nakamura (as Shuichiro Nakamura)
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Updated Dec 18, 1970

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Dec 18, 1970 (Japan)

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29 cast members
Name Known for
Bunta Sugawara
Big Brother Katsumata Big Brother Katsumata   See fewer
Shingo Yamashiro
Stuttering Seiji Stuttering Seiji   See fewer
Masao Komatsu
Yuki Jun Yuki Jun   See fewer
Nobuo Kaneko
Sukimichi, the boss of bosses Sukimichi, the boss of bosses   See fewer
Ryôji Hayama
Gohara Masaharu Gohara Masaharu   See fewer
Hajime Kubo
Tsuchiya Tsuchiya   See fewer
Chie Kobayashi
Actress Actress   See fewer
Ryô Suga
Kajima Kajima   See fewer
Tatsuya Kameyama
Matsunaga Matsunaga   See fewer
Nobuo Yana
Actor Actor   See fewer
Iwao Dan
Actor Actor   See fewer
Shizuko Kasagi
Seiji's mother Seiji's mother   See fewer
Fumio Watanabe
Prison Administrator Prison Administrator   See fewer
Tôru Yuri
Drugstore owner Drugstore owner   See fewer
Tomisaburô Wakayama
Senior yakuza at funeral (uncredited) Senior yakuza at funeral (uncredited)   See fewer
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