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Japan's Don

Movie
Audience Score
75
Japan's Don
NR 2 hr 12 minDrama, CrimeJapanese Godfather Trilogy PosterPart of Japanese Godfather Trilogy
A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with the domestic needs of his daughters.
StarringShin SaburiKoji TsurutaHiroki Matsukata
DirectorSadao Nakajima

Movie Details

Original Language:Japanese
Production Companies:Toei Company

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.