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Japan's Don

Japan's DonCast and Crew

Movie

Cast

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Shin Saburi
as Kazumasa Sakura
K
Koji Tsuruta
as Shuhei Tatsumi
H
Hiroki Matsukata
as Shiro Matsugae
K
Kō Nishimura
as Kahe Shimabara
E
Etsushi Takahashi
as Yasuo Ichinomiya
A
Asao Uchida
as Kikuo Oyama
B
Bunta Sugawara
as Eizo Iwami
S
Sonny Chiba
as Tsuneyoshi Sakota
A
Asao Koike
as Katsunosuke Miura
M
Mikio Narita
as Seiji Kataoka
S
Shōtarō Hayashi
as Miyoshi Kaneda
T
Tsunehiko Watase
as Takeshi Nomizo
T
Tatsuo Umemiya
as Fukushima
N
Nobuo Kaneko
as Shoji Taguchi
E
Etsuko Ichihara
as Kiyo Tatsumi
M
Maki Tachibana
S
Sayoko Ninomiya
Y
Yōko Koizumi
M
Maki Orihara
S
Shōhei Hino
I
Isao Bitō
T
Takeo Chii
H
Hōsei Komatsu
M
Masaru Shiga
K
Kyoko Nami
J
Junkichi Orimoto
M
Masaya Takahashi
K
Kyōsuke Machida
K
Kunie Tanaka
S
Shūichirō Moriyama
E
Emiko Azuma
M
Michimaro Otabe
R
Ryō Nishida
I
Isao Takanami
K
Kuniomi Kitani
T
Tetsuo Fujisawa
N
Nenji Kobayashi
M
Masataka Naruse
J
Jirô Chiba
S
Seizō Fukumoto
D
Daisuke Awaji
T
Takaya Shimoyama
S
Shunji Sasaki
Y
Yūsuke Kazato
T
Takashi Noguchi
S
Shigeru Mizota
K
Kenji Imai
T
Takanori Oya
Y
Yasuhiro Suzuki
K
Kōjiro Shirakawa
Y
Yoshiaki Yabe
R
Ryūji Shinagawa
M
Masaharu Arikawa
E
Eizô Kitamura
K
Kazutarō Kuni
Y
Yoshio Kirishima
H
Harumi Sone
R
Ryuji Katagiri
S
Satoru Nabe
S
Sachio Miyagi
M
Masataka Iwao
K
Katsutoshi Akiyama
G
Gorō Ōki
T
Takashi Kanda
M
Mitsuo Nagata
Y
Yasuhiko Shima
S
Seishirō Hara
H
Hideo Saeki
K
Kinji Nakamura
T
Tokuko Miura
M
Mitsuko Aoi
M
Miho Manabe
M
Minken Karasawa
K
Kazumasa Negishi
T
Tetsuo Torisu
J
Jiro Shirai
Y
Yasumori Hikita
T
Toshio Tomogane
J
Junpei Arishima
F
Fumio Terauchi
Y
Yoshinobu Hirose
Y
Yûsuke Tsukasa
R
Ryōta Minowada
H
Hiroshi Hatano
K
Kenzô Katsuno

Crew

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Sadao Nakajima
Director
K
Koichi Iiboshi
Original Story
K
Kōji Takada
Screenplay
T
Toshirō Mayuzumi
Original Music Composer
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.