MOVIE · 1973
Proxy War
ActionAdventureCrimeDrama119 min
Shozo Hirono has broken from the Yamamori family to build a small gang of his own, but a new alliance with Noboru Uchimoto, a powerful underboss in the Muraoka family, draws him into the maneuvering before a larger yakuza war in early-1960s Hiroshima. Bunta Sugawara and Akira Kobayashi lead a crowded field of bosses, lieutenants, and hired killers as turf disputes turn into proxy fights between rival families, with every handshake carrying the threat of betrayal.
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