Jingi naki tatakai: Chojo sakusen (1974)

As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down under pressure from the public and the press... See full synopsis »

Director:

Kinji Fukasaku

Writers:

Koichi Iiboshi (story), Kazuo Kasahara (screenplay)

Stars:

Bunta Sugawara, Akira Kobayashi, Tatsuo Umemiya

Cast

Credited cast:
Bunta Sugawara	...	Shozo Hirono
Akira Kobayashi
Tatsuo Umemiya
Toshio Kurosawa
Hiroki Matsukata
Kunie Tanaka
Nobuo Kaneko
Takeshi Katô
Asao Koike
Shingo Yamashiro
Nobuo Yana	...	Isamu Kasai
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Seizô Fukumoto	...	Yamazaki
Ryûji Katagiri
Shin'ichirô Mikami
Ryô Nishida

Storyline

As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down under pressure from the public and the press... See full synopsis »

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Plot Keywords:

yakuza

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

15 January 1974 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Police Tactics

Filming Locations:

Kure, Hiroshima, Japan

Company Credits

Production Co:

Toei Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

118 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Follows Jingi naki tatakai: Dairi sensô (1973)

User Reviews

Terrific fourth installment is a violent, bloody epic

The fourth installment of this series details how escalating violence amongst yakuza created a bloody fallout that resulted in the deaths of many innocent civilians. As a result of public and political pressure to crack down on the violence, the police were forced to act against the crime families they had co-existed with for so long.

You would be doing yourself a disservice watching this entry if you had not seen the previous three. It is simply the fifth hour in a close-to-eight-hour epic that examines, in fascinating detail, the rise of post-WW2 organized crime in Japan.

This is a particularly bloody, nasty installment that is filled with action, intrigue, political maneuvering and vicious back-stabbing.

Fukasaku's grasp of the material is firm and the performances remain at the highest standard.

Terrific.