An Ode to Yakuza (1970)
1h 34m
Running Time
July 11, 1970Release Date
An Ode to Yakuza (1970)
1h 34m
Running Time
July 11, 1970Release Date
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Plot.
Tatematsu Minoru, a yakuza belonging to the Ishikawa group that runs the Shinjuku area, has a beautiful sister named Akane. He dreams of sending her to college and turning her into a perfect young lady. He's extremely fond of Akane. His fondness for her goes beyond how he feels about his mistress, Kanae. And yet, Akane feels alone. Now, a new tutor comes into her life that seems to have taken a liking to her..
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Cast & Crew.

Shintarō Katsu
Minoru Tatematsu

Naoko Ohtani
Akane Tatematsu

Yūsuke Kawazu
Shigetaro Kaizuka

Kiwako Taichi
Kanae Honda

Masakazu Tamura
Yuji Inumaru

Yoshi Katō
Taisuke Inumaru, Akane's Father

Michiko Araki
Rie Inumaru

Asao Uchida
Ishikawa

Yoshihiko Aoyama
Susumu Honda

Sei Hiraizumi
Hisai

Yūzō Hayakawa
Kiyama

Tsutomu Nakata
Morikawa

Takashi Nakamura
bandit

Kōichi Itō
Guest of Kiyama

Yoshio Takee
turkish bath guest

Hiroko Kai
turkish bath girl

Chikara Hashimoto
Sotoyama

Kenichi Tani
bartender

Kisao Tobita
driver

Tomohisa Yano
Art Direction

Akio Kondo
Assistant Director

Hiroshi Maruyama
Assistant Art Director

Tatsuji Nakashizu
Editor

Nagaharu Watanabe
Lighting Technician

Hiroaki Fujii
Producer

Hikaru Hayashi
Original Music Composer

Setsuo Kobayashi
Director of Photography

Takeo Suda
Sound Recordist

Jûgo Kuroiwa
Novel

Yasuzō Masumura
Director

Ichirō Ikeda
Screenplay

Shinichi Matsuyama

Nao Kawashima

Etsuko Kawauchi

Yukari Yoneyama

Sumire Mikasa

Shizuo Chūjō

Yasuo Araki

Rin Sugimori

Yasuko Hanamura

Goro Shigeno

Ken Nakahara
Details.
Release DateJuly 11, 1970
Original Nameやくざ絶唱
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 34m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
yakuza
japan
Wiki.
Yakuza Zessyō (Japanese: やくざ絶唱) also known as Ode to the Yakuza is a 1970 Japanese film directed by Yasuzo Masumura. Katsu and Masumura worked together for the first in 5 years. It is based on Jūgo Kuroiwa's novel Nishi Naruyama Hotel Gake no Hana. The movie depicts a man's unusual love for a younger sister.
Tatematsu Minoru is a Yakuza in Shinjuku. He has younger sister Akane. Akane comes to like Yuji but Minoru threatens Yuji to break up with Akane. Because Minoru loves his younger sister abnormally.
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