King of the Gang
The 11th and final film in the Gang series. Most of the films had different directors and cast, and were only connected by the title and Toei's marketing department. Unlike the early entries, which were jazzy capers, this final entry is a prototype jitsuroku yakuza film. Just back from the war, Noboru Ando leads a gang of war vets turned gangster in the US occupied streets of Tokyo. They get into a conflict with a Chinese gang as well as the military police. Tetsuro Tamba appears as a police chief trying to bring peace to the streets; 1st wave pinky violence star Masumi Tachibana is a girl grieving his dead gangster father.
King of the Gang (1967)
Yasuo Furuhata
At a glance
Countries
Japan
Ratings
TMDB users
9.0/10
1 votes
Rating consensus
90/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Warm reception overall — weighted ~90/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Noboru Andō
Sonny Chiba
Masumi Tachibana
Shingo Yamashiro
Eijirō Yanagi
Takashi Shimura
Tetsuro Tamba
Osman Yusuf
Shōhachi Uchikoshi
In “Gyangu Collection”
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