Thugs of Shinjuku
MovieTitle | 新宿の与太者 |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Dec 18, 1970 |
Genre | Crime |
Director | Shin Takakuwa |
Production country | Japan |
Production companies | Toei Company |
Run time | 87 min. |
Fresh out of jail, a smart-mouth wise guy Goro takes the name “Big Brother Katsumata.” Not fitting in well with established gangs, he forms a rag-tag gang called “the Shinjuku Brothers.” The members of their gang are thugs who only wish they were traditional yakuza. When they turn up at the funeral for a gangster, they are not welcomed, but a senior boss intervenes to keep things calm. The boss of bosses invites them to join a respected local council of warlords. Katsumata is suspicious of why such powerful men would extend an invitation to lowlife like himself.