Summaries

A tongue-in-cheek film involving two rural yakuza clans in post-WW2 times who form baseball teams to resolve their differences. The film seems to go on a bit long.

Yakuza Gang War is at the height in North Kyushu Area in the summer of 1950, particularly between the Okagen Group and the rising Hashiden Gang. Now with the mediation/interference of the Americans, they decide to settle it in a peaceful, *democratic* way, that is, to settle it with a baseball game. Now, with its money and power, The Hashiden group soon recruits a group of gamblers known to be good at baseball from the whole country. So, what is the Okagen Gumi gonna do?

Details

Keywords
  • year 1950
  • american occupation
  • fukuoka japan
  • kyushu japan
  • japanese mafia
Genres
  • Action
  • Comedy
  • Crime
  • Sport
Release date Oct 6, 1978
Countries of origin Japan
Language Japanese
Production companies Toei Company Daiei Studios

Box office

Tech specs

Runtime 2h 22m
Color Color
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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