Shuji Otaki (Akira Kobayashi) is an underboss in the successful Kasabe Family, running day to day operations and keeping up appearances for his elderly Boss. When the President of a large construction firm dies, Shuji finds himself dealing with a feud over redevelopment land deals as the Oda Family (Hideo Murota), try to muscle in, launching attacks and assassination attempts on Kasabe executives in an effort to crush them. As the war heats up, Shuji strikes back and soon an…

Finally had time for a film yesterday and a game of hard drive roulette had me rewatching Yuji Makiguchi's 'Bizarre Crimes of Post War Japan', an odd and disted 78 minute anthology focusing on exactly what the title implies, three cases of true crime committed after the war in a somewhat bizarre fashion. Presented by singer/actress Pinko Izumi, who briefly describes each case in an overblown and overexcited way with some of the most '70's' commentary imaginable, the film then…

Tokyo, 1934. The Boss of the Tenryu group lies bedridden and names his successor, Nakai (Koji Tsuruta) who is to take over in his stead. But Nakai, who is originally from Osaka, refuses the position and instead nominates his sworn brother, Matsuda (Tomisaburo Wakayama) for the position according to seniority rules. But with Matsuda still serving a prison sentence, senior advisor Senba (Nobuo Kaneko) ignores the rules and manoeuvres the rest of the elders into nominating Ishido (Hiroshi Nawa) for…