A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
March 31, 1967
Original Title:
解散式
Alternate Titles:
Ceremony of Disbanding
Kaisan shiki
La cérémonie de dissolution du gang
Genres:
Crime
Production Companies:
Toei Company
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 92
Sawaki is released from prison after serving eight years for murdering a rival gang leader in order to obtain the land rights to a landfill for the Kotaki clan and he discovers that the world has changed significantly in that time. The police have forced the disbanding of all yakuza groups in and around Tokyo and most of the former yakuza have moved on to legitimate jobs. Sawaki is disgusted that his yakuza brothers have abandoned their codes of honor and are abusing their newfound power in the legitimate business world to exploit the poor. Sawaki feels partly responsible for making them so powerful and enabling their corruption, so he decides to follow his traditional code of honor to save the residents of a small town where his former lover lives.
Art Direction:
Shuichiro Nakamura
Director:
Kinji Fukasaku
Director of Photography:
Ichirō Hoshijima
Editor:
Osamu Tanaka
Lighting Technician:
Shigeru Umetani
Original Music Composer:
Isao Tomita
Screenplay:
Isao Matsumoto
Kinji Fukasaku
Eimei Yamamoto
Sound Recordist:
Yozo Uchida
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