A sprawling epic based on the true story of Japan's largest crime syndicate, featuring a cast of genre legends

At the dawn of the 1970s, Japan is becoming an economic superpower and the Nakajima crime syndicate extends its grasp across the nation. Politicians and corporations seek the gang's favour to form strategic and highly prosperous partnerships, but its leaders disagree about whether to leave the old ways behind for the sake of money and respectability.

Directed by Toei yakuza film specialist Sadao Nakajima (The Rapacious Jailbreaker), this sprawling epic is based on the true story of Japan's largest crime syndicate and features a cast of genre legends, including Koji Tsuruta (Big Time Gambling Boss, Sympathy for the Underdog), Bunta Sugawara (Battles Without Honour and Humanity), Sonny Chiba (The Streetfighter, Hokuriku Proxy War), and Toshiro Mifune (Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, Throne of Blood).

Media

Watch trailer »

Bonus Materials

• High-Definition digital transfers of each film on three discs, on Blu-ray for the first time ever
• Uncompressed mono PCM audio
• Archival interview with Sadao Nakajima (2020)
• Newly filmed appreciation by filmmaker Kazuyoshi Kumakiri (2025)
• New interview with scriptwriter Koji Takada (2025)
• Trailers
• Newly improved English subtitle translations
• Reversible sleeves featuring artwork based on original promotional materials
• Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Akihiko Ito and Tom Mes
• Limited Edition of 3000 copies, presented in a rigid box with full-height Scanavo cases and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

 

Cast & Crew

Actors:

•       Koji Tsuruta
•       Sonny Chiba
•       Hiroki Matsukata
•       Ko Nishimura
•       Bunta Sugawara
•       Toshiro Mifune
•        Fumio Watanabe
•        Tatsuo Endô
•       Kei Satô

Director: Sadao Nakajima

Additional Details

Label: Radiance

Genre: Mystery/Thriller

Language: Japanese

Run Time: 404 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 02/24/26

UPC: 760137203421