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Dissolution Rites

Apr 1, 1967 · 1h 32m
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Crime

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Sawaki is released from prison after serving eight years for murdering a rival gang leader in order to obtain the land rights to a landfill for the Kotaki clan and he discovers that the world has changed significantly in that time. The police have forced the disbanding of all yakuza groups in and around Tokyo and most of the former yakuza have moved on to legitimate jobs. Sawaki is disgusted that his yakuza brothers have abandoned their codes of honor and are abusing their newfound power in the legitimate business world to exploit the poor. Sawaki feels partly responsible for making them so powerful and enabling their corruption, so he decides to follow his traditional code of honor to save the residents of a small town where his former lover lives.

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CAST

Koji Tsuruta
Sawaki
Tetsuro Tamba
Sakai
Junko Miyazono
Sachiko
Fumio Watanabe
Shimamura
Misako Watanabe
Mie
Hōsei Komatsu
Asao Uchida
Kawashima
Yasuhiro Komiya
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku

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Status
Released
Original language
JA
Budget
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Production
Toei Company
Country
JP
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