Japanese Godfather I (1977)
Drama/Crime · 2h 12m · 2/24/2026
Description
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 favor 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) and Sonny Chiba (The Streetfighter, Hokuriku Proxy War).
Release Country
United StatesRelease Date
2/24/2026Media Type
MovieAudio
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Japanese | PCM | |
Digital Copy
Not IncludedStudios
Toei Company, Ltd./Radiance Films Ltd./RadianceSubtitles
EnglishVideo Format
1080pAspect Ratio
2.35:1Cover Type
Keep Case (Std.)Discs
The Japanese Godfather Trilogy
Kôji Tsuruta
Shuhei Tatsumi
Bunta Sugawara
Eizo Iwami
Hiroki Matsukata
Shiro Matsugae
Shin'ichi Chiba
Tsuneyoshi Sakota
Tatsuo Umemiya
FukushimaEtsushi Takahashi
Yasuo Ichinomiya
Tsunehiko Watase
Takeshi NomizoEtsuko Ichihara
Kiyo Tatsumi
Sayoko Ninomiya
Toshiko SakuraMaki Orihara
Makiko Sakura
Takeo Chii
Kawabata
Masaru Shiga
Raizo Uchida
Nenji Kobayashi
Toshiyuki MunakataShôtarô Hayashi
Miyoshi Kaneda
Harumi Sone
Iruma ToshiakiGorō Ōki
MaedaRyûji Katagiri
TakeshiSatoru Nabe
Tetsuo Wada
Seizô Fukumoto
WakashuJunpei Arishima
Taguchi's secretaryShûichirô Moriyama
Narration
Asao Uchida
Kikuo OyamaKyôsuke Machida
Atsushi Mitaka
Emiko Azuma
Yukie Sakura
Masaya Takahashi
Naoyuki AbeKō Nishimura
Kahe Shimabara
Asao Koike
Katsunosuke Miura
Mikio Narita
Seiji Kataoka
Kunie Tanaka
Detective Goto
Nobuo Kaneko
Shoji Taguchi
Shin Saburi
Issei SakuraSadao Nakajima
DirectorKoichi Iiboshi
WriterKôji Takada
WriterGorô Kusakabe
ProducerNorimichi Matsudaira
ProducerKôji Shundô
ProducerMitsuru Taoka
ProducerShigeru Okada
Producer
Toshio Masuda
CinematograpyKōzō Horiike
EditorHarumi Ibe
Music
Toshirō Mayuzumi
MusicShigeji Nakayama
SoundYasuko Umezu
SoundNorimichi Igawa
Art
Battles without Honor and Humanity
Battles Without Honor and Humanity : Police Tactics
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
Graveyard of Honor
Yakuza Graveyard
Street Mobster
Big Time Gambling Boss
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Yakuza Deka 2: The Assassin
Yakuza Deka 1: Secret Police
Violent Streets
Hunter in the Dark
The Wolves
Cash Calls Hell
Tokyo Drifter
Branded to Kill
Youth of the Beast
Kanto Wanderer
Pale Flower
A Colt Is My Passport
