Street Mobster

Japanese director Kinji Fukasaku has reached cult status with his realistic depictions of the Yakuza lifestyle. This example of Fukasaku's style from the 1970s classic cinema follows hoodlum Isamu Okita (Bunta Sugawara) as he's released from prison and must reenter his former stomping grounds after a long absence. Get ready for plenty of action as Okita desperately tries to regain his street cred.

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Before the opening credits are over, you will know whether you're going to like Street Mobster or not. It is a pretty brutal account of Japanese thugs featuring gushing blood, rape and plenty of violence. Bunta Sugawara plays an exceedingly hotheaded street punk who just got out of jail after 5 years and is looking to carve out a piece of the Yakuza territory for himself. He will stop at nothing to get it and bow to no one. The basic premise of the movie reminds me a lot of Sympathy For The Underdog which was also co-written and directed by Kinji Fukasaku the year before Street Mobster was released. Noboro Ando who plays the boss that takes Sugawara under his wing was an actual Yakuza gang boss before becoming an actor and the scar on his cheek is real. If you like ultra-violent 70's Japanese films, Street Mobster is among the best of the era.
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