Gorotsuki

Gorotsuki

🎞️ Movie 92 min JP
โ˜… 6.8 /10 1968

Coal miner Isamu Oba is forced to quit his village and leave his mother and siblings behind. Mining buddy Ichiro accompanies him to Tokyo, and the pair enjoy several "fish-out-of-water" sequences before finding employment at a boxing gym with trainer Sawada and his spunky sister Tomoko. The boys also find part time night jobs as roving minstrels in the club district courtesy of benevolent gang boss Asakawa. Of course, they run afoul of boss Karasawa's cruel gang. Karasawa also has it in for Asakawa, and this indirectly throws a spanner into the works as far as Isamu's burgeoning success as a kickboxer. When Asakawa's HQ is burned to the ground by Karasawa's men, Asakawa tries to kill Karasawa - which, of course, leads to his own gruesome death. Isamu goes on the rampage with his sword, wiping out Karasawa and men.

Cast

Ken Takakura
Ken Takakura
Bunta Sugawara
Bunta Sugawara
Minoru Ôki
Minoru Ôki
Nobuo Kaneko
Nobuo Kaneko
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Sanekô Yôshimura
Kenjirō Ishiyama
Kenjirō Ishiyama
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Kenji Ushio
Kenji Ushio
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Kazuo Mizuki
Takeo Watanabe
Takeo Watanabe
Composer
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Masahikô Jimurâ
Cinematographer