Jotai
ActionCrime
Although not a pure yakuza film, it does have quite a few of the genre's elements and, more importantly, it truly gets inside the sociopathic soul that serves as fertile ground for the ever-burgeoning yakuza ranks.
Director
Yasuzô Masumura
Writers
Ichirô Ikeda, Yasuzô Masumura
Stars
Ruriko Asaoka, Eiji Okada, Eiko Azusa
Language
Japanese
Country
Japan
🎭 Top Cast
👤
Ruriko Asaoka
as Michi
Eiji Okada
as Nobuyuki Ishido
👤
Eiko Azusa
as Ishido's Sister
Kyôko Kishida
as Akie
Takao Itô
as Akizuki
Yûsuke Kawazu
as Goro
👤
Kazuo Kitamura
as Lawyer
Eitarô Ozawa
as Komura
Yoshihiko Aoyama
as Norio Komura
👤
Shizuo Chûjô
as Bartender
🎬 Technical Specs
Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Production
Daiei Studios
🏷️ Keywords
melodramajuvenile delinquencygirl gang
🎯 Categories
JapaneseActionCrime
📖 Synopsis
Although not a pure yakuza film, it does have quite a few of the genre's elements and, more importantly, it truly gets inside the sociopathic soul that serves as fertile ground for the ever-burgeoning yakuza ranks.