The Great Okinawa Yakuza War

The Great Okinawa Yakuza War

1976•1h 36m•7.5/10

DramaActionCrime

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.5/10(8)

Chiba, looking gnarly, and acting as animalistic as ever, stars alongside Matsukata as violent gangsters battling their way through fight after bloody fight with rival yakuza on the streets of Okinawa.

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Production

Toei Company

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Hiroki Matsukata

Hiroki Matsukata

Hideo Nakazato

Sonny Chiba

Sonny Chiba

Seigou Kunigami

Tsunehiko Watase

Tsunehiko Watase

Hiroshi Kategaru

Mikio Narita

Mikio Narita

Onaga

Tatsuo Umemiya

Tatsuo Umemiya

Kaizu

Hideo Murota

Hideo Murota

Gushikawa

Isao Bitō

Isao Bitō

Jiro

Takeo Chii

Takeo Chii

Ishikawa

Shizumi Shindo

Isao Ôdo

Yoshihiro Igarashi

Yoshihiro Igarashi

Masaru Shiga

Masaru Shiga

Harumi Sone

Harumi Sone

Emi Shindō

Emi Shindō

Jirô Chiba

Jirô Chiba

Kan Mikami

Kan Mikami

Hiromi Maya

Hiromi Maya

Aoi Nakajima

Aoi Nakajima

Masataka Naruse

Masataka Naruse

Junkichi Orimoto

Junkichi Orimoto

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