Thugs of Shinjuku
87 mins
Fresh out of jail, a smart-mouth wise guy Goro takes the name “Big Brother Katsumata.” Not fitting in well with established gangs, he forms a rag-tag gang called “the Shinjuku Brothers.” The members of their gang are thugs who only wish they were traditional yakuza. When they turn up at the funeral for a gangster, they are not welcomed, but a senior boss intervenes to keep things calm. The boss of bosses invites them to join a respected local council of warlords. Katsumata is suspicious of why such powerful men would extend an invitation to lowlife like himself.
Shin Takakuwa
Director
Shuichiro Nakamura
Art Direction
Toshiaki Tsushima
Original Music Composer
Shiro Kuwana
Lighting Technician
Tadayuki Komatsu
Sound Recordist
Ichirō Hoshijima
Director of Photography
Akira Murao
Screenplay
Michio Fukushima
Assistant Director
Fumio Soda
Editor