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
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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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Shintarō Katsu
Minoru
Naoko Ohtani
Akane, Minoru's sister
Masakazu Tamura
Yuji
Kiwako Taichi
Kanae Honda
Yūsuke Kawazu
Kaizuka
Yasuzō Masumura
Director
Yoshi Katō
Taisuke Inumaru, Akane's Father
Michiko Araki
Rie Inumaru
Ichirō Ikeda
Writer
Jûgo Kuroiwa
Writer
Asao Uchida
Ishikawa
Hikaru Hayashi
Composer
Yoshihiko Aoyama
Susumu Honda
Setsuo Kobayashi
Cinematographer
Sei Hiraizumi
Hisai
Tatsuji Nakashizu
Editor
Yūzō Hayakawa
Kiyama
Shizuo Nakajo
Miyazawa
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
Hiroaki Fujii
Producer
Takeo Suda
Sound Recordist
Akio Kondo
Assistant Director
Nagaharu Watanabe
Lighting Technician
Hiroshi Maruyama
Assistant Art Director
Shinichi Matsuyama
Nao Kawashima
Etsuko Kawauchi
Yukari Yoneyama
Sumire Mikasa
Yasuo Araki
Rin Sugimori
Ken Nakahara
Goro Shigeno
Yasuko Hanamura
Details.
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.