Japan's Don

Japan's DonCast and Crew

Movie

Crew

K
Koichi Iiboshi
Original Story
K
Kōji Takada
Screenplay
H
Harumi Ibe
Original Music Composer
T
Toshio Masuda
Director of Photography
E
Etsuaki Masuda
Lighting Technician
N
Norimichi Igawa
Art Direction
S
Shigeji Nakayama
Sound Recordist
K
Kozo Horiike
Editor
T
Toshiyuki Fujiwara
Assistant Director
T
Tadao Nishida
Set Decoration

Japanese Godfather Trilogy

Nihon No Don (日本の首領, approximately translating as The Japanese Godfather or The Japanese Don) is a Japanese trilogy of organized crime films released from 1977 to 1978. Very loosely based on the real-life exploits of Japan's biggest yakuza gangs, the series was adapted from a novel by journalist Kazuo Kasahara and was produced by Toei, who earlier rewrote the rules of the yakuza genre with Kinji Fukasaku's Battles Without Honor and Humanity.