The Great Okinawa Yakuza War

The Great Okinawa Yakuza War

1976 · 96 min · ★ 7.6 · Drama, Action, Crime

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.

Directed by Sadao Nakajima · Written by Kōji Takada

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